Victoria and Albert Museum

PREFACE. OWING to the occupation of a large part of the Museum by the administrative staff of a Government Office during the War, many of the collections were necessarily withdrawn from exhibition. It will be impossible for somé time to restore pre-War conditions, and an opportunity arises in...

THE RAPHAEL CARTOONS Painled in 1515 and 1516 by Raphael (1483-1520) The seven Cartoons by Raphael which are exhibited in this Court are among the most important surviving examples of Italian Renaissance art. The Renaissance, literally 'rebirth', refers to the rediscovery, in Italy, and new...

Foreword and AcknowledgementsA large retrospective exhibition of the wrork of Reynolds Stone was shown in the Dorset County Museum, Dorchester, from June to September last year. This was so well received that we were glad of the opportunity to bring the exhibition, with additional wood-engravings,...

The very distinguished collection which makes up this exhibition was formed by the late Captain Vivian Bulkeley-Johnson, who died in 1968. It reveals a taste in Chinese art as sure and individual in its choice as it was catholic in its aim. To his widow, Mrs. Bulkeley-Johnson, who shared her...