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| Bruce McLean The Throw, The Post, The Bananas, The Tray 1980 acrylic and pastel on paper British Council Collection, London |
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| Margaret Mellis Red Flower 1958 oil on board Museums Sheffield, Yorkshire |
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| Hughie O'Donoghue Saltwater 4 2010 oil on canvas Trinity Hall, University of Cambridge |
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| Robin Philipson Byzantine Altar 1974 oil on canvas Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh |
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| Patrick Procktor Figures at Night 1962 oil on board Burton Gallery, University of Leeds |
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| June Redfern The Arc 1985 oil on canvas Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne |
from I had a dream . . .
I had a dream I was Helen of Troy
In looks, age and circumstance,
But otherwise I was myself.
It was the ninth year of the siege
And I did not love anybody very much
Except perhaps Cassandra . . .
* * *
It's odd, I said (to Cassandra, of course) how
Everything one has ever read about Troy
As they have always been such splendid writers who were writing
Naturally gets into one's conversation . . .
* * *
Paris was stupid, it was impossible to talk to him.
Hector might have been different, at least he understood enough
To be offended – fear of the gods again, I suppose – because
When I said: Well, you know what the Trojan Women
Are going to say about the sack of Troy and being led away
Into captivity, they are going to say: If these things
Had not happened to us we should not be remembered. I hope that
Will be a comfort to you. He was angry and said
I should bring ill luck to Troy by my impiety . . .
– Stevie Smith (ca. 1966)
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| Anne Redpath The Ladies' Garden, Palácio dos Marqueses de Fronteira, Lisbon ca. 1962 oil on board University of Edinburgh |
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| Paula Rego The Bride's Secret Diary 1981 acrylic and collage on canvas Rugby Art Gallery and Museum, Warwickshire |
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| Charles Sims Sketch for Someone Passes ca. 1920 oil on paper Ulster Museum, Belfast |
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| Tony Smith An Angel, the Knight, Death and the Devil 1980 oil on paper Southbank Centre, London |
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| Alfred Stockham Still Life 2004 oil on canvas Royal West of England Academy, Bristol |
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| Ronald Thain Untitled 1970 oil on board Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen |
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| Michael Wishart Moths on a Blue Path 1963 oil on canvas New Art Gallery, Walsall, West Midlands |
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| Brian Yale Hand of Destiny No. 2 1969-70 enamel on board Wolverhampton Art Gallery, West Midlands |
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| Richard Young Morning Interior 1957 oil on panel Victoria Gallery and Museum, Liverpool |