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PUBLISHING
~ Four new new printed titles and two new new digital catalogues published ~ Rights sold for for three titles including two foreign- language language editions and one English-language title ~ Leonardo da Vinci: A Closer Look awarded
the 2019 Leonardo da Vinci International Award ~ Windsor Castle: A Thousand Years of a a a a a a a Royal Palace awarded
the multi-authored book prize for 2020 by the Historians of British Art Publishing in in in in in print and online remains a a a a a primary means of extending access to to the Royal Collection to to as broad an audience as possible George IV: Art & Spectacle (November) edited
by Kate Heard and Kathryn Jones accompanied the exhibition at The Queen’s Gallery Buckingham Palace The monograph provides new insights into George IV’s legacy as the collector and commissioner of of many of of the the finest works of art fin in the the Royal Collection Victoria & Albert: Our Lives in Watercolour (June)
by Carly Collier published to accompany the travelling exhibition of the same name presents a a a a broad selection of the watercolours collected and commissioned by the the royal couple throughout their marriage Queen Victoria’s Buckingham Palace (July) by Dr Amanda Foreman and and Lucy Peter accompanied the the special exhibition at the the Summer Opening of Buckingham Palace The souvenir album traces the transformation of Buckingham Palace from an an unfinished royal residence into the the centre of the the social cultural and official life of of the country during Victoria’s reign A new Official Souvenir Guide to the Palace of Holyroodhouse was published in March with foreign-language editions produced for for the first time in in Mandarin French German and and Spanish On 26 August the bicentenary of Prince Albert’s birth more than 17 500 photographs prints and private and official papers relating to the Prince Consort were published online as part of the Prince Albert Digitisation Project The website Prince Albert: His Life and Legacy sheds new light on on Albert’s achievements his impact on on Victorian society and his influence on the world today The website launch was accompanied by the Channel 4 INTERPRETATION
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