NANCY ASTOR, portrait, exhibited at the RA in 1909, by John Singer Sargent, 1856-1925

FOUR TIMES OF DAY, EVENING: HARBOUR SCENE WITH BOATS BEING UNLOADED AND SPECTATORS by Joseph Vernet (1714-1789) at Uppark

The north east corner of Bodiam Castle seen across the moat

JANE ELIZABETH (JEANIE) HUGHES, MRS NASSAU SENIOR (1828-1877) by G F Watts (1817-1904)

THE BELTON CONVERSATION-PIECE by Philippe Mercier (1689-1760) from Belton House

THE RIGHT HON. B. DISRAELI M.P. CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER by Sir Francis Grant P.R.A. in 1852

View of the burial mounds at dawn in Sutton Hoo

SIR THOMAS MORE AND HIS FAMILY, by Rowland Lockey after Holbein

The Pantheon reflected in the lake at Stourhead, Wiltshire with the Palladian bridge in the foreground

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

`VIEW DOWN A CORRIDOR' by van Hoogstraeten