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Tate Gallery: Tate Director's Statutory Duties: Papers and Correspondence

Catalogue reference: TG 19

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This record is about the Tate Gallery: Tate Director's Statutory Duties: Papers and Correspondence dating from 1919-1983.

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Reference
TG 19
Title
Tate Gallery: Tate Director's Statutory Duties: Papers and Correspondence
Date
1919-1983
Description

This series of records relates to the Director's statutory duties and comprises:

  • Export licensing policy, 1949-1969
  • Export licences, 1945-1970
  • Import licensing policy, 1932-1976
  • Import licences, 1945-1973
  • Estate Duty Office policy, 1964-1978
  • Estate Duty Office files, 1919-1978
  • Victoria & Albert Museum Purchase Grant Fund, 1963-1983

Records held at the Tate Gallery are catalogued more fully in its online catalogue (reference TG 19). Online descriptions of some individual records can also be viewed on Discovery, The National Archives' online catalogue, see TG 19.

Held by
Tate Gallery Archive
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Physical description
211 file(s)
Access conditions
Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
Immediate source of acquisition
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.
Administrative / biographical background

The Director has a number of statutory duties which are often carried out on his behalf by members of the Collections Division. These include the statutory responsibility of examining applications for exemption from duty on imported sculpture; consultation on exports of works of art which fall within the scope of the collections; and advice on claims for exemption from estate duty on works of art of national significance.

Record URL
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Tate Gallery: Tate Director's Statutory Duties: Papers and Correspondence