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1. There is a large pond in the centre of the picture with a house on the left and fields in the distance. A cart is sitting in the shallows on the near side of the pond.
2. Woman reclining nude and staring straight at the painter, while servant in the background tries to show her a bouquet of flowers. A black cat stands at the end of the bed.
3. The view is of a river with a grand building in the distance on the right bank. The building has a clock tower. There is a jetty immediately in front on the viewer. The colours are predominantly greys and blues as it is a misty day.
4. A country track runs downhill between houses. One of the houses in the mid-distance extends to the centre of the canvas and its notable for its dark windows. The rest of the town is visible in the far distance stretching along the valley floor.
5. A tree on the left of the canvas frames the picture with its trunk and branches. The painter is on a hill overlooking a valley floor of fields and small buildings. A very large hill rises up at the opposite end of the valley.
6. A young woman and small child look separately out of the canvas at the painter with a crowd milling around them. It is raining.
7. A mix of men, women, children and pets (two dogs and a monkey!) take their leisure by a river on a sunny summer day. The painting appears to be created using lots of tiny dots.
8. Three women in the foreground are messing around on the bank of a river, splashing water and generally enjoying themselves. Two women in the mid-distance look to be having a much calmer conversation.
9. A room full of ballet dancers is listening to the instructions of a man in grey leaning on a stick.
10. A woman in a black and white striped gown (probably silk) and wearing a pink rose corsage is sitting in an opera box. The gentleman behind her is obviously bored with the performance as he is using the opera glasses to look at the other members of the audience.
11. Four well dressed women are surrounded by trees and shrubs. Two are standing on the left of the canvas with a third seated on the grass admiring a posey of flowers. The fourth woman in a white polka dot dress is moving at some haste at the right of the picture, along the path towards the back left of the frame.
12. A woman sits on a bench against a wall, she is cheaply dressed and is looking at the ground, lost in thought. Beside her, a man sits, more watchful than his female companion. Two glasses sit on a table in front of them.
13. Waterlilies in a pond.... painted by....?
14. Two women in the immediate foreground sit on a sandy beach holding parasols. The one on the left is wearing a white dress and straw hat while the one on the right is wearing a black dress with black hat. The brush strokes are very bold and broad in this painting.
15. A woman stands behind a surface covered with bottles and fruit. Behind her, there is a mirror in which you can see reflected a night club or hotel of some kind thronged with people. The woman is resting her hands on the surface in front of her and her eyes are distant, possibly even sad.
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