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| Edward Penny The Marquis of Granby relieving a sick Soldier after 1765 oil on canvas Royal Academy of Arts, London |
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| Agostino Carlini Equestrian Statue of George III 1769 plaster modello Royal Academy of Arts, London |
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| Joshua Reynolds Portrait of Queen Charlotte 1779 oil on canvas Royal Academy of Arts, London |
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| John Flaxman Michelangelo before 1826 plaster statuette Royal Academy of Arts, London |
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| Martin Archer Shee Portrait of Queen Victoria 1842-43 oil on canvas Royal Academy of Arts, London |
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| Edward Poynter Portrait of Sir Frederick Eaton 1913 oil on canvas Royal Academy of Arts, London |
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| George Clausen Portrait of James Osborne (porter at the Royal Academy) 1913 oil on canvas Royal Academy of Arts, London |
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| Francis Derwent Wood Bust of Henry James ca. 1914 plaster modello Royal Academy of Arts, London |
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| Laura Knight Ella Naper in the Apple Orchard at Trewoolfe ca. 1916 drawing Royal Academy of Arts, London |
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| William Orpen Portrait of Miss Kennard ca. 1925 oil on canvas Royal Academy of Arts, London |
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| Philip Connard Portrait of Mrs Elsie Benge ca. 1928 oil on canvas Royal Academy of Arts, London |
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| Augustus John Portrait of Bapsybanoo, Marchioness of Winchester ca. 1930 oil on board Royal Academy of Arts, London |
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| Ethel Walker Portrait of Flora Robson ca. 1933-34 oil on canvas Royal Academy of Arts, London |
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| Walter Russell Sir Walter Lamb and John Coy in the Secretary's Room of the Royal Academy ca. 1940-45 oil on canvas Royal Academy of Arts, London |
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| Carel Weight Portrait of Miss Orovida Pissarro 1956 oil on canvas Tate Britain |
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| William Bowyer Mr Harry Coussins 1963 oil on board Royal Academy of Arts, London |
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| Kyffin Williams Dafydd Williams on the Mountain 1969 oil on canvas Royal Academy of Arts, London |
Advice for the Unadvisable
. . . it is not because a scene is important that
it is repeated, but being repeated it becomes
important. In general, nothing really important
happens in my films – it is the way certain
scenes recur. As I said, there is no "significance."
Alain Robbe-Grillet
in a Paris Review interview
Recurrence often gives a heightened sense
Of life's mysteries. Déja vu is news.
But you need not demand significance
Even of insidiously similar events
Returning like a burden of the blues
Recurrence often gives. A heightened sense
Of what's beyond – to which the evidence
You're given offers few recurring clues –
That you need not demand. Significance
Is one myth every parent re-invents:
That old line, "Once upon a time," is a ruse
Whose very recurrence gives a heightened sense
Of each prince's uniqueness. Precedents,
However, are what real lawcourts use . . .
But you need not. Demand significance
And ask for trouble. If everyone you love tends
To leave for the same reason, shrug. Learn to lose.
Recurrence often gives this heightened sense
That one need not demand significance.
– J. Allyn Rosser (1989)