MRS GARNETT, HOUSEKEEPER by Thomas Barber (c.1768-1843)

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

SIR NATHANIEL (1726-1804) AND LADY CAROLINE CURZON (1733-1812) by Arthur Devis (1712-1787) from Kedleston Hall

Sunrise at Avebury with the stones rising out of the morning mist and a deep orange sky behind

A CHELSEA INTERIOR by Robert Tait, 1857, in the Parlour at Carlyle's House, 24 Cheyne Row, London

The ruins of Corfe Castle in spectacular silhouette

DIVIDEND DAY AT THE BANK OF ENGLAND by G E Hicks (1824-1917) from Wimpole Hall

A BIZARRE LANDSCAPE WITH GROTESQUE DWARFS AND MELONS by Faustino Bocchi at Scotney Castle

ST KATHERINE'S CHURCH, UTRECHT by Pieter Jansz Saenredam (1597-1665), at Upton House

THE BAPTISM OF CHRIST by Abraham Bloemaert (1564-c.1651), painting in the Withdrawing Room at Ham House, Richmond-upon-Thames

REST ON THE FLIGHT, WITH ANGELS by Giuseppe Chiari (1654-1727) from Calke Abbey

THE HERVEY CONVERSATION PIECE by William Hogarth (1697-1764)