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date: 27 March 2025

Royal Collection. 

Source:
The Oxford Dictionary of Art
Author(s):
Ian ChilversIan Chilvers

The collection of works of art, particularly paintings and drawings, accumulated by the British royal family over a period of five centuries—from Tudor times to the present day. It is the only great European royal or princely collection to retain its identity, the others having been mainly absorbed into state museums. ... ...

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