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The Standard Bearer

William Etty

Art Funded
1955
Presented by
C D Rotch through The Art Fund
This painting after Titian was donated by Mr Rotch who presented over 130 works of art to the V&A, British Museum, Ashmolean and York City Art Gallery through the Art Fund between 1922 and 1960.

Mr Rotch was an active member of the Art Fund.

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Two Standing Saints St Wenceslaus and St Lawrence
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Yellow Open Form
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Women washing at a Stream
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White Roses
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The Holy Family
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The Evelyn Collection
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The Entombment
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The Dead Christ
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The Children of Henry Wood
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The Castle Mills and Bridge over the River Foss, York
 Acquired 1995
The Butcher's Shop
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The Bay of Naples
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The Anonymous Rose
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The Annunciation
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Tavern Scene
 Acquired 1955
Surgeon Waiting
 Acquired 1999
Study for Many Happy Returns of the Day
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Study for 'Nameless and Friendless'
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Still Life with Citrus Fruit and Nuts
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Still Life
 Acquired 1955
Still Life
 Acquired 1955
Standing Female Nude
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St. Sebastian
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St. Peter released from Prison
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St. John the Evangelist
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St. Anthony
 Acquired 1955
St Zenobius
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St Sebastian
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St Proscodocimus baptising St Daniel
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St Peter and St Paul
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St Martin and St Leonard
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St John the Evangelist
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St John Preaching in a Wood
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St Francis receiving the Stigmata
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St Clement Striking the Rock
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St Bruno
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St Anthony Abbot
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St Agatha
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SS. Augustine, Louis of France, John the Evangelist and a Bishop Saint
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Smuggler Asleep
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Sleeping Soldier
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Sir Conyers D' Arcy
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Silver Dollar Bar
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Shipwreck
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Sheet of five miniature copies of 'Old Masters'
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Self portrait of Andrea Soldi
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Seascape, with Galliots
 Acquired 1955
Saint Mark and John the Baptist
 Acquired 1955
Saint Jerome in a Landscape
 Acquired 1955
Sacre Conversazione: St. Berndino and a female Saint presenting a Donor
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Roman Charity : Cimon and Pero
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Robert Sewell
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River Scene
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River Scene
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Red and Pink Roses
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Rebecca and Eleazar at the Well
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Prometheus Chain'd
 Acquired 1995
Progress
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Preparing for a Fancy Dress Ball (Charlotte and Mary Williams-Wynn)
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Poultry
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Portrait of the Artist's mother
 Acquired 1955
Portrait of Robert Hay Drummond
 Acquired 1983
Portrait of Nicolas Poussin
 Acquired 2000
Portrait of Mrs Greg
 Acquired 1940
Portrait of Monsignor Agucchi
 Acquired 1955
Portrait of John Smyth (1748-1811) of Heath Hall, Yorkshire
 Acquired 1996
Portrait of John Flaxman
 Acquired 1998
Portrait of Jean Abercromby, Mrs George Morison of Haddo
 Acquired 2003
Portrait of Elizabeth Hoadly
 Acquired 1997
Portrait of Captain John Foote & costume worn by the sitter
 Acquired 1950
Portrait of a Youth
 Acquired 1955
Portrait of a Young Girl
 Acquired 1955
Portrait of a Man with a Missal
 Acquired 1955
Portrait of a Man with a Book
 Acquired 1955
Portrait of a Man
 Acquired 1955
Portrait of a Man
 Acquired 1955
Portrait of a Lady
 Acquired 1955
Portrait of a Lady
 Acquired 1955
Portrait of a Lady
 Acquired 1955
Portrait of a Gentleman
 Acquired 1955
Portrait of a Gentleman
 Acquired 1955
Portrait of a Bearded Man
 Acquired 1955
Portait of Lady Charlotte Fitzroy with her Indian Page
 Acquired 1949
Portait of an Unknown Woman
 Acquired 1954
Pink and Yellow Roses
 Acquired 1986
Pieta
 Acquired 1955
Pieta
 Acquired 1955
Old Ouse Bridge, York
 Acquired 2002
Old Man Reading
 Acquired 1955
Old Houses, Petergate, York & The Shambles, York
 Acquired 1950
Old Heffel
 Acquired 1945
Middleham Castle, Yorkshire
 Acquired 1950
Madonna and Child with Saint John and Saint Jerome
 Acquired 1955
Madonna and Child with Saint Francis and Saint Bernardino of Siena
 Acquired 1955
Madonna and Child with four Cherubs
 Acquired 1955
Madonna and Child
 Acquired 1955
Lucretia
 Acquired 1955
Le Lecteur
 Acquired 1955
Le Defile
 Acquired 1955
Layerthorpe Postern, York
 Acquired 1957
Landscape with Cottage and Bridge
 Acquired 1955
Landscape with Cattle
 Acquired 1955
Landscape
 Acquired 1955
Landscape
 Acquired 1971
Landscape
 Acquired 1950
Lake Avernus
 Acquired 1955
Knight of the Order of Santiago
 Acquired 1955
Jael and Sisera
 Acquired 1955
Interior with Young Woman washing Pots
 Acquired 1955
Interior of the Church at St. Bavo, Haarlem
 Acquired 1955
Il Rio dei Mendicanti
 Acquired 1955
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Hua De Tu An, Flower Pictures II
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Horseman and Peasants outside an Inn
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Hagar and Ishmael in the Desert
 Acquired 1955
Gateway of Kirkham Priory
 Acquired 1955
Flagellation of St Barbara
 Acquired 1955
Five views of Fountains Abbey
 Acquired 1991
Egyptian head disappearing into descending clouds
 Acquired 1999
Easby Abbey, Yorkshire
 Acquired 1953
Du Maurier Bequest
 Acquired 1934
Diana and Endymion
 Acquired 1958
Dead Christ with the Virgin and St. John
 Acquired 1955
Crucifixion with the Virgin, St John and the Magdalene
 Acquired 1955
Cottage and Trees
 Acquired 1950
Constance
 Acquired 1985
Collection of Lustre ware
 Acquired 1952
Collection of drawings
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 Acquired 1955
Classical Hero (Achilles)
 Acquired 1953
Christ with Jairus
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Christ supported by Two Angels
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Christ stilleth the Tempest
 Acquired 1951
Christ nailed to the Cross
 Acquired 1955
Christ in the House of Simon the Pharisee
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Captive Kings before a Judge
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Bursting Dense Garlic Bud Life Force Bottle
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Boors Carousing
 Acquired 1955
Boar Hunt
 Acquired 1955
Battle Scene
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Bathsheba
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Baptism of Christ
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Augustus and Sybil
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The Lycett Green collection of Italian Old Masters spanning from the 14th to the 18th century was presented through the Art Fund in 1955, as part of the remarkable efforts made by one of the curators to transform it into a gallery of international importance.



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