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Painting, watercolour, on paper, mounted and set within glazed wooden frame, Break-time at School, location unknown, possibly France painted by William Herbert Allen, of Farnham, Surrey, 1880s-1940s
A group of seven young girls, all dressed in uniform blue smocks and stockings, engage in various activities in the courtyard of a school whilst two adults are in conversation near the entrance. A tree provides shade and the features of the building, particularly the shuttered windows suggest that this location may be in France. Several birds help to make this a rather idyllic scene.

Painting, watercolour painting, on board, set within a gilt wooden frame with gesso moulding, a field of corn stooks, location unknown but probably Farnham, Surrey, painted by William Herbert Allen, of Farnham, Surrey, 1880s-1940s

Painting, watercolour painting, on paper, mounted and set within a glazed wooden frame, market stalls near Lake Lucerne, Switzerland, painted by William Herbert Allen, of Farnham, Surrey, 1880s-1940s

Painting, watercolour painting on paper, a windmill in a field of harvested corn and hay ricks, near Ramsgate, Kent, painted by William Herbert Allen, of Farnham, Surrey, 1880s-1940s

Painting, watercolour painting on paper, mounted and set within a glazed wooden frame, Feeding the Chickens at King's Farm, Binsted, Hampshire, painted by William Herbert Allen, Farnham, Surrey, 1880s-1940s

Painting, watercolour, on artist's board, a dark sombre rural scene comprising a field of corn stooks and a ploughed field at dusk, painted by William Herbert Allen, of Farnham, Surrey, 1905