The Turner works were RAIN STEAM AND SPEED (5,44) and THE SLAVE SHIP (35), the Ruskin works MODERN PAINTERS (16,9) and UNTO THIS LAST (18)
First prize Geran Jones, Bromley
Runners-up Nigel Finlay, Thames Ditton, Surrey; Michael Debenham, Shrewsbury

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