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Loans from the Royal Collection

Current loans to exhibitions from the Royal Collection

Painting being moved by art handlers

Every year hundreds of objects, including paintings, drawings and decorative arts, are generously lent by Her Majesty The Queen from the Royal Collection to institutions across the UK and abroad. The loans programme, administered by Royal Collection Trust, enables new audiences to enjoy works of art from the Royal Collection, as well as helping us to increase our understanding of these works. Find out more about current loans from the Royal Collection here.

Loan requests must be submitted in writing at least one year in advance of the opening date of the exhibition.

Ramsgate, a seaside resort on the Kentish coast, became accessible for day trips from London in the 1840s as a result of the development of the railways. In Frith's picture children building sandcastles and fashionably dressed young ladies appear alongsid
Mercer Art Gallery, Harrogate

William Powell Frith: The People's Painter

Painting by Frith on loan until September

Tartan Dress
National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh

Wild and Majestic: Romantic Visions of Scotland

Exhibition examining the romantic image of Scotland on display until November

Chatsworth House

The Dog: A celebration at Chatsworth

Works featuring dogs on loan until October

The Connoisseurs: Portrait of the Artist with two Dogs
A mantel clock in a white porcelain serpentine roccoco style case surmounted by a veiled woman with a tamborine and putto. Below dial scrolled rocaille work with a putto to the left; flowers in relief in coloured porcelain and a second putto hiding in th
Haus der Geschichte der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Bonn

Very British: A German Point of View

Exhibition examining Anglo-German relations on display until March 2020

Castello Sforzesco, Milan

Intorno alla Sala delle Asse. Leonardo tra Natura Arte e Scienza

Four drawings by Leonardo da Vinci on loan until August

Marsh marigold (Caltha palustris) and wood anemone (Anemone nemorosa)
The head of Leda
Galleria Nazionale, Parma
La Fortuna de 'La Scapilata' di Leonardo da Vinci
The bust of a young man
Musée Condé, Chantilly
Nude Mona Lisa
The brachial plexus
Bodleian Libraries, Oxford
Thinking 3D: From Leonardo to the Present
Recto: Six horses? heads. Verso: Mercury and Venus floating in a shell
Labirinto della Masone, Parma
Bertoja - Mirola
Stewart was the Anti-Tank Platoon Commander with the Tyneside Scottish, landing a couple of days after D-Day. He took part in the defence of Rauray, where he commanded his platoon against a Panzer counter-attack.
Portsmouth Museum

75th Anniversary of D-Day Exhibition

Portraits of D-Day Veterans on loan until September

The Morgan Library and Museum, New York

Hogath: Cruelty and Humour

Three works by Hogarth exploring his use of satire on loan from the Royal Collection

The Reward of Cruelty
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The income from your ticket contributes directly to The Royal Collection Trust, a registered charity. The aims of The Royal Collection Trust are the care and conservation of the Royal Collection, and the promotion of access and enjoyment through exhibitions, publications, loans and educational activities.