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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: : By permission of the Trustees of Dulwich Picture Gallery

Subject or sitter Dress and Textiles, London: Artists and Subjects, Portraits: British 16th and 17th C 3

Who is the physician in this portrait attributed to Mary Beale?

Photo credit: : Museums Sheffield

Painting description Continental European before 1800, Dress and Textiles, London: Artists and Subjects, Yorkshire, The Humber and North East England: Artists and Subjects 1

Forward Is this a late work by Louis Chéron (1660–1725)?

Photo credit: : Jersey Heritage

Artist Dress and Textiles, Military History, Portraits: British 18th C, Portraits: British 19th C 12

Could this portrait of Sir Hilgrove Turner and its pair of Lady Turner be by William Beechey?

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