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Golden Autumn 1914 Garstin Cox (1892–1933)

Golden Autumn 1914 Royal Cornwall Museum
Magdalen College, Oxford William Turner (1789–1862)

Magdalen College, Oxford Government Art Collection
Back of Cauldwell Hall, Suffolk c.1840–c.1883 Robert Burrows (1810–1893)

Back of Cauldwell Hall, Suffolk c.1840–c.1883 Colchester and Ipswich Museums Service: Ipswich Borough Council Collection
Friesian Cow c.1910 Ernest Higgins Rigg (1868–1947)

Friesian Cow c.1910 Pannett Art Gallery
Mays Farm 1941 Margaret Fisher Prout (1875–1963)

Mays Farm 1941 Manchester Art Gallery
Landscape with Herdsman, Horseman and Cattle 1675/1677 Dirck van den Bergen (1645?–1690)

Landscape with Herdsman, Horseman and Cattle 1675/1677 National Trust, Ham House
Jersey Cows and Stormy Sky 2005 Rozan Henning

Jersey Cows and Stormy Sky 2005 Royal Jersey Agricultural and Horticultural Society
Milking Time exhibited 1898 Henry John Yeend King (1855–1924)

Milking Time exhibited 1898 Tate
Landscape with Figures and Horse 1800–1849 unknown artist

Landscape with Figures and Horse 1800–1849 York Museums Trust
Skiddaw, Derwentwater, Cumbria John Gunson Atkinson (active 1849–1885)

Skiddaw, Derwentwater, Cumbria Canterbury City Council Museums and Galleries
Flint's Dockyard, Newark, 1850 c.1850 William Harold Cubley (1816–1896)

Flint's Dockyard, Newark, 1850 c.1850 The Resource Centre, Newark and Sherwood Museum Service
Valle Crucis Abbey 1839 James Baker Pyne (1800–1870)

Valle Crucis Abbey 1839 Brighton and Hove Museums and Art Galleries
Landscape Thomas Collier (1840–1891)

Landscape York Museums Trust
Pastoral c.1858 Wilkinson

Pastoral c.1858 North Lincolnshire Museums Service
Cows Grazing c.1900 Alfred John Harris (1835–1916)

Cows Grazing c.1900 Chertsey Museum
Italian Landscape with Monte Socrate c.1635–1641 Jan Both (c.1618–1652)

Italian Landscape with Monte Socrate c.1635–1641 The Fitzwilliam Museum
Ben Nevis and Mountain Stream 1855 William Shayer (1787–1879) and Charles Marshall (1806–1890)

Ben Nevis and Mountain Stream 1855 The New Art Gallery Walsall
Captain Ichabod Wright of Mapperley (1767–1862), Formed the First Nottingham Troop in 1794 1803 John Boultbee (1753–1812)

Captain Ichabod Wright of Mapperley (1767–1862), Formed the First Nottingham Troop in 1794 1803 Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry Museum
Sergeant of the 68th Durham Light Infantry c.1810 British School

Sergeant of the 68th Durham Light Infantry c.1810 Durham Light Infantry Museum
Gordale Scar (A View of Gordale, in the Manor of East Malham in Craven, Yorkshire, the Property of Lord Ribblesdale) ?1812-14, exhibited 1815 James Ward (1769–1859)

Gordale Scar (A View of Gordale, in the Manor of East Malham in Craven, Yorkshire, the Property of Lord Ribblesdale) ?1812-14, exhibited 1815 Tate