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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: : RWA (Royal West of England Academy)

Artist Continental European after 1800, South West England: Artists and Subjects 20

Can we confirm the location depicted here, and who might be the artist?

Photo credit: : City & County of Swansea: Glynn Vivian Art Gallery Collection

Subject or sitter Continental European before 1800, Wales: Artists and Subjects 15

An alteration to the title agreed, could we now consider the Carracci attribution here?

Photo credit: : Somerset County Council

Subject or sitter Dress and Textiles, Portraits: British 16th and 17th C, South West England: Artists and Subjects 6

Who might be this 17th Century judge?

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