Sub-sub-fonds
Tate Gallery: Conservation: Papers
Catalogue reference: TG 18
What’s it about?
This record is about the Tate Gallery: Conservation: Papers dating from 1929-1966.
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Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- TG 18
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Title (The name of the record)
- Tate Gallery: Conservation: Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1929-1966
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series of records relates to conservation at the Tate Gallery and comprises:
- Restoration, 1949-1962
- Cleaning, 1947-1966
- Environment, 1929-1933
Records held at the Tate Gallery are catalogued more fully in its online catalogue (reference TG 18). Online descriptions of some individual records can also be viewed on Discovery, The National Archives' online catalogue, see TG 18.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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The Conservation Department keeps its own records of treatments which are always current and are retained permanently in the department.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Tate Gallery Archive
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 6 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
- The records have either been deposited in the archives via the Director's Office or had previously been transferred to Gallery Records or its predecessors.
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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Before 1953 the Gallery was largely dependent on commercial restorers but in 1953 the Conservation Department was set up with a Chief Restorer and an assistant. In 1964 the post of Chief Restorer became Keeper of the Conservation Department. Additional facilities have since been provided not only for the conservation of oil paintings but also for works on paper and sculpture. In 1969 a training programme for students was started under the auspices of the Department for Education and Science.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C16213/
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Within the fonds: TG
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Tate Gallery: Conservation: Papers