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PRESS RELEASE

31 October 2017

2018 Exhibitions and Displays Programme

The Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace

Charles II: Art & Power

The Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace 8 December 2017 – 13 May 2018

After over a decade of austere Cromwellian rule, the restoration of the monarchy in 1660 led

to a resurgence of the arts in England. The court of Charles II became the centre for artistic

patronage and for the collecting of great works of art to decorate the royal apartments, to

glorify the restored monarchy and to reinforce the position of Charles II as the rightful king.

Including glittering silver-gilt used at the King's coronation, Old Master paintings, tapestries

and silver-covered furniture, the exhibition presents the rich material world of Charles II's

court and shows the role of the arts in the re-establishment of the Stuart monarchy.

Tickets and visitor information: www.royalcollection.org.uk

or T. +44 (0)303 123 7301

Enjoy two landmark exhibitions celebrating the role of art in Stuart court culture with a joint

ticket to Charles I: King and Collector at the Royal Academy of Arts, an exhibition in

partnership with Royal Collection Trust, and Charles II: Art & Power at The Queen's Gallery,

Buckingham Palace.

Joint tickets: https://www.royalacademy.org.uk

Splendours of the Subcontinent: A Prince's Tour of India 1875–6

The Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace 8 June – 14 October 2018

In October 1875, the Prince of Wales set off on a four-month tour of the Indian

Subcontinent, visiting over 21 localities that today encompass India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan and

Nepal. The exhibition tells the story of this grand tour through the jewellery, gold and

silverware and ceremonial arms presented to the future King Edward VII by local rulers as

part of the traditional exchange of gifts.

Splendours of the Subcontinent: A Prince's Tour of India 1875–6 is shown at The Queen's Gallery,

Buckingham Palace with Splendours of the Subcontinent: Four Centuries of South Asian Paintings

and Manuscripts.


or T. +44 (0)303 123 7301

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Splendours of the Subcontinent: Four Centuries of South Asian Paintings and Manuscripts

The Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace 8 June – 14 October 2018

The Royal Collection contains some of the finest examples of South Asian paintings and

manuscripts in the world. For the first time, highlights from the collection are brought

together in an exhibition exploring the long-standing relationship between the British Crown

and the area historically called India, now the independent states of India, Pakistan and

Bangladesh. Including works of poetry, intimate portraits, images of court life, paintings

inspired by contemporary literature and music, and vivid depictions of Hindu deities, the

exhibition celebrates South Asian artistic traditions from Kashmir to Kerala.

Splendours of the Subcontinent: Four Centuries of South Asian Paintings and Manuscripts is shown at

The Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace with Splendours of the Subcontinent: A Prince's Tour of

India 1875–6.


or T. +44 (0)303 123 7301

Russia: Royalty & the Romanovs

The Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace 9 November 2018 – 28 April 2019

The exhibition tells the story of the familial, political, diplomatic and artistic associations

between Britain and Russia and their royal families from the mid-16th century to two World

Wars. The unique relationship between the two countries is explored through portraits,

sculpture, photographs and archival documents. Many of the works of art were commissioned

as diplomatic gifts, others as intimate personal mementos, including miniature masterpieces by

Fabergé.

Russia: Royalty & the Romanovs is shown at The Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace with

Shadows of War: Roger Fenton's Photographs of the Crimea, 1855.


or T. +44 (0)303 123 7301

Shadows of War: Roger Fenton's Photographs of the Crimea, 1855

The Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace 9 November 2018 – 28 April 2019

Roger Fenton was already an accomplished and respected photographer when he was sent by

the publishers Agnew's to photograph a war that pitched Britain, France and the Ottoman

Empire as allies against Russia. Arriving several months after the major battles were fought in

1854, he focused on creating moving portraits of the troops and capturing the stark, empty

battlefields on which so many lost their lives. Seen by the Victorian public in exhibitions

across Britain in 1855 and 1856, Fenton's photographs showed the impact of war to the

general public for the first time.





Shadows of War: Roger Fenton's Photographs of the Crimea, 1855 is shown at The Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace with Russia: Royalty & the Romanovs.


or T. +44 (0)303 123 7301

The Queen's Gallery, Palace of Holyroodhouse

Splendours of the Subcontinent: A Prince's Tour of India 1875–6

The Queen's Gallery, Palace of Holyroodhouse 15 December 2017 – 22 April 2018

In October 1875, Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, the eldest son of Queen Victoria and

Prince Albert, set off on a four-month tour to over 21 localities that today encompass India,

Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Nepal. Travelling nearly 7,600 miles by land and 2,300 miles by sea, he

met more than 90 rulers of the different regions he visited, establishing personal links and

strengthening ties between the Subcontinent and the British Crown. The Prince recognised

the great cultural value and artistic merit of the gifts he had received during his tour and on

his return to Britain made arrangements for the items to be placed on public display. Entitled

'The Prince of Wales's India Collection', the exhibition toured Britain and Europe between

1876 and 1883 to allow as many people as possible to view the extraordinary examples of

design and craftsmanship from the Subcontinent.


or T. +44 (0)30 3123 7306

Canaletto & the Art of Venice

The Queen's Gallery, Palace of Holyroodhouse 11 May – 4 November 2018

Thanks to the young George III, the Royal Collection contains the world’s finest group

of paintings, drawings and prints by Venice’s most famous view-painter, Canaletto.

This exhibition brings together the best 18th-century Venetian art in the Collection, with

Canaletto’s greatest works shown alongside paintings and drawings by his contemporaries,

Sebastiano and Marco Ricci, Francesco Zuccarelli, Pietro Longhi and Giovanni Battista

Piazzetta. Canaletto & the Art of Venice explores the many delights of the Italian city, from the

splendours of the Grand Canal and St Mark’s Square to its festivals, theatre and masked

carnival.

Tickets and visitor information: www.royalcollection.org.uk or T. +44 (0)30 3123 7306

Charles II: Art & Power

The Queen's Gallery, Palace of Holyroodhouse 23 November 2018 – 2 June 2019

After over a decade of austere Cromwellian rule, the restoration of the monarchy in 1660 led

to a resurgence of the arts in England. The court of Charles II became the centre for artistic






patronage and for the collecting of great works of art to decorate the royal apartments, to glorify the restored monarchy and to reinforce the position of Charles II as the rightful king.

Including Old Master paintings, tapestries and silver-covered furniture, the exhibition presents

the rich material world of Charles II's court and shows the role of the arts in the re-

establishment of the Stuart monarchy.


or T. +44 (0)30 3123 7306

Windsor Castle

Christmas at Windsor Castle

Windsor Castle 24 November 2017 – 5 January 2018

This year the Christmas display at Windsor marks the 20th anniversary of the restoration of

the Castle following the devastating fire of November 1992. The State Apartments will be

decked with gold decorations inspired by the highly skilled gilding work carried out to return

the Castle to its former glory. The highlight of the display is the magnificent 20-foot-high

Nordmann Fir Christmas tree in St George's Hall, taken from Windsor Great Park and

covered in gold decorations. In the State Dining Room, the table will be laid with silver-gilt pieces from the spectacular Grand Service, commissioned by George IV and still used today

by The Queen and her guests at State Banquets.


or T. +44 (0)303 123 7304

Palace of Holyroodhouse

Christmas at the Palace of Holyroodhouse

Palace of Holyroodhouse 1 December 2017 – 5 January 2018

This year the festive decorations at Her Majesty's official residence in Scotland are inspired by

the baroque architecture of the Palace, echoing the garlands of fruits and flowers on the

famous 17th-century plasterwork ceilings. The Great Stair leading to the historic State

Apartments will be draped with twinkling garlands and wreaths, while in the Great Gallery a

15-foot-high Christmas tree will be adorned with white and silver decorations. In the Royal

Dining Room, the table will be decorated with flowers, wreaths and spires of faux candied

sugared fruits, and laid with pieces from a silver service presented to King George V and

Queen Mary in 1935 to mark their Silver Jubilee.


or T. +44 (0)30 3123 7306






Royal Collection Trust touring exhibitions and major loans

Portrait of the Artist: An Exhibition from the Royal Collection

Vancouver Art Gallery 28 October 2017 – 4 February 2018

This first-ever exhibition to focus on images of artists in the Royal Collection includes both

self-portraits by world-renowned figures, such as Rembrandt van Rijn, Peter Paul Rubens,

Artemisia Gentileschi, Lucian Freud and David Hockney, and representations of artists by

their friends and pupils, including the most reliable surviving likeness of Leonardo da Vinci by

his student, Francesco Melzi. Through paintings, drawings, prints, photographs and decorative

arts from the 15th to the 21st centuries, the exhibition examines the cult and changing status

of the artist, images of the artist’s studio, and the role of monarchs in commissioning,

collecting and displaying portraits of artists.

http://www.vanartgallery.bc.ca

Charles I: King and Collector

Royal Academy of Arts, London 27 January – 15 April 2018

This landmark exhibition, organised in partnership with Royal Collection Trust, reunites one

of the most extraordinary and influential art collections ever assembled. During his reign,

Charles I acquired and commissioned exceptional masterpieces from the 15th to the 17th

centuries, including works by Mantegna, Titian, Holbein, Van Dyck and Rubens. The King was

executed in 1649, and just months later his collection was offered for sale and dispersed

across Europe. Although many works were retrieved by Charles II following the restoration

of the monarchy, others now form the core of collections such as the Musée du Louvre and

the Museo Nacional del Prado. This exhibition brings together around 150 of the most

important works for the first time since the 17th century, including 90 items lent by

Her Majesty The Queen from the Royal Collection.

https://www.royalacademy.org.uk

Queen Victoria in Paris

The Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle 24 March – 24 June 2018

In August 1855, Queen Victoria made a historic State Visit to Paris, the first time a British

monarch had visited the French capital in over 400 years. Just 40 years after the defeat of

Napoleon Bonaparte at the Battle of Waterloo, France and Britain had entered a military

alliance against Russia in the Crimean War. The Queen's visit to Paris was a celebration of

this remarkable turnaround in Anglo-French relations and marked a close personal friendship

between Queen Victoria and the French Emperor Napoleon III. This exhibition brings

together 44 watercolours created for Queen Victoria to remember the events of the visit.

http://www.thebowesmuseum.org.uk/


http://www.vanartgallery.bc.ca/

https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/

http://www.thebowesmuseum.org.uk/


Please note that tickets for exhibitions opening after 1 January 2018 will be available from Wednesday, 1 November 2017.

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Notes to Editors

Royal Collection Trust, a department of the Royal Household, is responsible for the care

of the Royal Collection and manages the public opening of the official residences of

The Queen. Income generated from admissions and from associated commercial activities

contributes directly to The Royal Collection Trust, a registered charity. The aims of

The Trust are the care and conservation of the Royal Collection, and the promotion of access

and enjoyment through exhibitions, publications, loans and educational programmes. Royal

Collection Trust’s work is undertaken without public funding of any kind.

The Royal Collection is among the largest and most important art collections in the world,

and one of the last great European royal collections to remain intact. It comprises almost all

aspects of the fine and decorative arts, and is spread among some 15 royal residences and

former residences across the UK, most of which are regularly open to the public. The Royal

Collection is held in trust by the Sovereign for her successors and the nation, and is not

owned by The Queen as a private individual.

Admission to Windsor Castle, the Palace of Holyroodhouse and The Queen's Galleries is managed by The Royal Collection Trust, a registered charity in England and Wales (1016972) and in Scotland (SCO39772).



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