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- ↑ "Current SWLA Council". Society of Wildlife Artists. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
- ↑ "Society of Wildlife Artists". Mall Galleries. 3 November 2014. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
- ↑ "Society of Wildlife Artists, registered charity no. 328717". Charity Commission for England and Wales.
