Joseph Mallord William Turner
A Hurricane in the Desert (The Simoom), for Rogers's 'Poems' circa 1831-2
Pencil, watercolour and pen and ink
support: 244 x 305 mm
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Alexander Cozens
Rocky Bay Scene ?circa 1759-65
Oil on paper
support: 160 x 187 mm
Purchased as part of the Opp Collection with assistance from the National Lottery through the Heritage Lottery Fund 1996
William Hogarth
A Rake's Progress (plate 5) 1735
Etching and engraving on paper
image: 314 x 391 mm
Transferred from the reference collection 1973
Roy Lichtenstein
Explosion 1965-6
Lithograph on paper
image: 562 x 435 mm
Presented by the Museum of Modern Art, New York 1976 Estate of Roy Lichtenstein
Francis Bacon
Turning Figure circa 1959-62
Pencil and oil on paper
image: 339 x 263 mm
Purchased with assistance from the National Lottery through the Heritage Lottery Fund, the Art Fund and a group of anoymous donors in memory of Mario Tazzoli 1998 Estate of Francis Bacon. All Rights Reserved, DACS 2002
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