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Photo credit: : Kirklees Museums and Galleries

Subject or sitter British 18th C, except portraits, Continental European before 1800 22

Forward Who painted the Cascata delle Marmore?

Photo credit: : Bristol Museums, Galleries & Archives

Subject or sitter Sculpture 10

Can you identify the subject and sculptor of this bust of a woman wearing a classical medallion?

Subject or sitter Dress and Textiles, North East England: Artists and Subjects, Portraits: British 20th C 76

Completed Who is this member of the Robinson family? Who is the artist?

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28 March 2019 — News

A ‘Carelli’ painting of a Middle Eastern Scene, but which Carelli?

Middle-Eastern Scene, drawing and watercolour on paper by Gabriel Carelli (1820–1900)
Photo credit: : Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum

6 March 2019 — News

Justo Ruiz Luna confirmed as artist of ancient harbour view

Reconstruction of the Ancient Port of Rome, late 19th C, oil on canvas by Justo Ruiz Luna (1865–1926)
Photo credit: : Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council

21 February 2019 — News

On the trail of Harry Clifford Pilsbury’s portraits

Daniel Henry Redhead (b.1837), JP, Mayor of Peterborough (1895 & 1905), oil on canvas, attributed to Harry Clifford Pilsbury (1870–1925)
Photo credit: : Peterborough Museum & Art Gallery

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