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All the paintings featured in BBC's Britain's Lost Masterpieces were found on Art UK. Public collections around the country have many more artworks in need of research.
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Photo credit: : Torre Abbey Museum

Artist Maritime Subjects, Scotland: Artists and Subjects 21

Completed Did Edwin Hayes, not Claude Hayes, paint this view of Tantallon Castle?

Photo credit: : Royal Academy of Music

Artist London: Artists and Subjects, Portraits: British 19th C, Sculpture 20

Completed Can we clarify who sculpted the bust of Beethoven formerly on the edifice of Queen’s Hall, London?

Photo credit: : Comhairle nan Eilean Siar

Subject or sitter Dress and Textiles, Portraits: British 19th C, Scotland: Artists and Subjects 29

Who is this sitter and how did it come to Lewis?

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