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Going to Cover, from the series Fox Hunting
Charles Bentley (English, 1806-1854) after Henry Alken (English, 1785-1851) published by S. & J. Fuller (English, c.1809-1854)

Full Cry, from the series Fox Hunting
Charles Bentley (English, 1806-1854) after Henry Alken (English, 1785-1851) published by S. & J. Fuller (English, c.1809-1854)

The Leap, from the series Fox Hunting
Charles Bentley (English, 1806-1854) after Henry Alken (English, 1785-1851) published by S. & J. Fuller (English, c.1809-1854)

The Death, from the series Fox Hunting
Charles Bentley (English, 1806-1854) after Henry Alken (English, 1785-1851) published by S. & J. Fuller (English, c.1809-1854)

A Rich Scene, from Grand Leicestershire Steeplechase
Charles Bentley (English, 1806-1854) after Henry Alken (English, 1785-1851) published by R.A. Ackermann (English, 1764-1834)

Climax of Disaster, from Grand Leicestershire Steeplechase
Charles Bentley (English, 1806-1854) after Henry Alken (English, 1785-1851) published by R.A. Ackermann (English, 1764-1834)

The Winning Post, from The Grand Steeplechase over Leicestershire
Charles Bentley (English, 1806-1854) after Henry Alken (English, 1785-1851) published by R.A. Ackermann (English, 1764-1834)

Going the Pace, from The Grand Steeplechase over Leicestershire
Charles Bentley (English, 1806-1854) after Henry Alken (English, 1785-1851) published by R.A. Ackermann (English, 1764-1834)

Dick Christian's Last Fall, from Grand Leicestershire Steeplechase
Charles Bentley (English, 1806-1854) after Henry Alken (English, 1785-1851) published by R.A. Ackermann (English, 1764-1834)

The Start, from The Grand Steeplechase over Leicestershire
Charles Bentley (English, 1806-1854) after Henry Alken (English, 1785-1851) published by R.A. Ackermann (English, 1764-1834)

Symptoms of Distress, from The Grand Steeplechase Over Leicestershire
Charles Bentley (English, 1806-1854) after Henry Alken (English, 1785-1851) published by R.A. Ackermann (English, 1764-1834)

The Field becomes Select, from The Grand Steeplechase over Leicestershire
Charles Bentley (English, 1806-1854) after Henry Alken (English, 1785-1851) published by R.A. Ackermann (English, 1764-1834)

Composition with Black and Gray
Claude Ronald Bentley American, 1915-1990

Dramatic Scene with Couple, Older Man
Joseph Clayton Bentley (English, 1809-1851) or Charles Bentley (English, 1806-1854)

It Rocks but is Not Sunk
Charles Meryon French, 1821-1868

Still Life: Apples and Green Glass
Charles Demuth American, 1883-1935

Snowflake
Wilson A. Bentley American, 1865–1931

Hinoki
Charles Ray American, born 1953

Landscape
Jean Charles Cazin (French, 1841–1901)

The Shower
Charles François Daubigny French, 1817-1878