23 June 2011 Last updated at 08:56

In pictures: Greater Manchester's hidden paintings

Avro Lancaster Bombers at Woodford (1944) by Charles Cundall (1821-1893). Oil on canvas. Now on display at Manchester Art Gallery after years in storage.

Multi-spindle Drilling Machines on Aero-Engine Work (1944) by A.S. Finlayson. Now on display at Manchester Art Gallery after years in storage.

Loading Gantry for Pluto (1945) by Keith Henderson (1883-1982). Oil on canvas. Now on display at Manchester Art Gallery after years in storage.

Saint Nicholas (1870–1898) by Edward Burne-Jones. Oil on canvas 140.4 x 55.6. Bequeathed to The Astley Cheetham Art Collection, Tameside Museums and Galleries Service.

Abstract View of Macclesfield 1997 by Stephen Morris. Oil on board 56.5 x 47.5. Bequeathed by the artist to Macclesfield Museum Trust. (c) artist

Elizabeth Searle as Miranda (1761-1807) by John Opie. Oil on canvas 75 x 62.3. From the Tabley House collection and transferred to the University of Manchester in 1976

Daffodils (c.1914) by Mark Gertler. Oil on panel 60.1 x 44.5. Gift from the Contemporary Art Society, 1954 to The Astley Cheetham Art Collection, Tameside Museums and Galleries Service.

St Pancras Steps, Station (1978/79) by Frank Helmuth Auerbach. Oil on canvas 168.2 x 137.5. Purchased from Marlborough Fine Art by Rochdale Arts & Heritage Service. (c) artist

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In pictures: Greater Manchester's hidden paintings

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