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CARE OF THE COLLECTION
~ 27 028 object records and 41 739 images added to the Collections Management System ~ 53 319 objects checked
~ 1 1 018 decorative arts items conserved
~ 488 prints and drawings conserved
or mounted
~ 1 1 1 911 books manuscripts and archival material conserved
~ 271 paintings conserved
Spread over 15 current and former royal residences and and more than 100 loan locations in the UK and and worldwide the the Royal Collection is one of the the largest and most widely distributed art collections in the world Surveys of long-term loans took place at several locations around the UK including
the the Fashion Museum Museum Bath the the National Museum Museum of the the Royal Royal Navy Portsmouth and the the Royal Royal Wessex Yeomanry Dorset A signi cant achievement this year was the completion of inventory checks and condition
surveys of nearly 34 000 watercolours prints and maps in in in the Print Room at Windsor Castle From August work commenced in the Lower Library with more than 7 000 items checked
to date O O P P P P P P O O S I T E E Nicola Christie inspects a a a a a a a a a painted panel of of Chinese gures 1816–26 by Robert Jones before its removal from the East Wing of of Buckingham Palace B E L O W Philippa Räder creates a a a a a a a a protective leather cover for James II’s copy of Missale Romano-monasticum 1655 the the last missal to be be have been used by an an English sovereign CARE OF THE COLLECTION
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