THE EXCAVATION OF THE MANCHESTER SHIP CANAL: EASTHAM CUTTING WITH MOUNT MAINSTAY IN THE DISTANCE by BW Leader (1831-1923) at Tatton Park

LOVE AMONG THE RUINS, oil on canvas c.1884

Spring Meadow, watercolour illustration by Benedict Blathwayt, depicting a variety of flora and fauna to be found in a meadow in springtime

`VIEW DOWN A CORRIDOR' by van Hoogstraeten

MEEKNESS by Pompeo Batoni (1708-87) at Uppark, West Sussex

THE GRAND TOUR GROUP an oil painting by Philip Wickstead (1772-3) in the Dining Room at Springhill

ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST by Pompeo Batoni (1708-1787) from Basildon Park

PORTRAIT OF SIR THOMAS HESKETH, 1st Bt, by Pickering at Rufford Old Hall, photographed at correct exposure for painting

THE HOLY FAMILY WITH ST JEROME, ST JUSTINA, ST URSULA AND ST BERNARDINO OF SIENA by Jacopo de Antonio de Negreti

REBECCA AT THE WELL by Sebastiano Galeotti (1676-1746)

ST PETER by Pompeo Batoni (1708-1787) from Basildon Park

THE CARD PLAYERS, by Alfred Gilbert, in the Dining Room at Sunnycroft, depicting gamblers in a tavern with bystanders