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BBC Radio 4: Stories from the Royal Collection
In this 30-minute programme on BBC Radio 4, 'Stories from the Royal Collection', Dr Amanda Foreman visits Windsor Castle and explores some of the extraordinary stories behind works of art in the Royal Collection through documentary material from the Royal Archives.
She discovers how Charles II attempted to reinstate the great losses to his father’s unparalleled art collection, and in the Print Room is shown satirical prints by Thomas Rowlandson of the future George IV, and hears how the King secretly sent an eminent violinist (who later would become Master of Music to the King) to buy up complete print runs and original plates to try to stifle criticism.
Dr Foreman also examines Queen Victoria’s notebook, which contains details of her first State Visit to meet Napoleon III in France, and discovers the role of Prince Albert in motivating the minds behind the Great Exhibition of 1851, the world's first fair of arts, crafts and manufacturing.
Objects featured in this programme
Artemisia Gentileschi (Rome 1593-Naples 1652)
Self-Portrait as the Allegory of Painting (La Pittura)
London : John Bill & Christopher Barker
A Proclamation for restoring and discovering his Majesties goods.
Thomas Rowlandson (1757-1827)
Money Lenders.
Thomas Rowlandson (1757-1827)
Filial Piety!
Louis Haghe (1806-85)
The Great Exhibition: Moving machinery
Louis Haghe (1806-85)
The Machinery Court
Joseph Nash (1809-78)
The Great Exhibition: The Inauguration, 1 May 1851
Eugène-Charles-François Guérard (1821-66)
Queen Victoria's entry into Paris, 18 August 1855
Jean-Baptiste-Fortuné de Fournier (1798-1864)
Queen Victoria's drawing room at Saint-Cloud
Thomas Rowlandson (1757-1827)
The Flight of Buonaparte from Hell-Bay.
SW Fores : 41 Piccadilly
Poster advertisement for 'A Peep into W[indso]r Castle after the Lost Mutton!'
J. Johnston : London
A Peep into W---r Castle after the lost mutton : a poem.
Prince Albert