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photo credit: Astley Hall Museum and Art Gallery

Other British 16th and 17th C, except portraits, Continental European before 1800 18

Is ‘A Tiger Hunt’ by a follower of Frans Snyders? When was it painted?

photo credit: Torre Abbey Historic House and Gardens

Artist Maritime Subjects, Scotland: Artists and Subjects 5

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

Subject or sitter Dress and Textiles, Portraits: British 19th C, Portraits: British 20th C, Scotland: Artists and Subjects 1

Who is the subject of this portrait by David Waterson (1870–1954)? Could he be a sculptor?

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8 September 2017 — News

Painting discovered to depict 'Othello Relating His Adventures', based on a work by Douglas Cowper

Othello Relating His Adventures (copy after Douglas Cowper), 1879, oil on canvas by John Emery (1802–1893)
photo credit: The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery

8 September 2017 — News

Several views of Oxford colleges attributed to Frederick Shepherd in one discussion

The Library, Christ Church, Oxford, 20th C, oil on panel by Frederick Hawkesworth Sinclair Shepherd (1877–1948)
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photo credit: Kirklees Museums and Galleries

7 September 2017 — News

A portrait by Sara Johanna Strumphler discovered to depict Lillian Emily Nutt

Lady in Blue (Lillian Emily Nutt, Mrs Lingeman), 1922–1923, oil on canvas by Sara Johanna Strumphler (1877–1938)
photo credit: Windsor & Royal Borough Museum

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