Projects

Opening of Waterloo Bridge by Constable

Acquisition of John Constable's painting 'The Opening of Waterloo Bridge', exhibited at the Royal Ac

17 December 1986

Acquisition at auction of the Preston Archive; the papers of Richard Graham, 1st Viscount Preston (1

23 July 1986

Acquisition of 56 acres of unimproved wet meadows, some woodland and scrub and SSSI pond on Otmoo

22 October 1986

Acquisition by private treaty sale of the Murthly Hours (sometimes known as the Bute Missal),, a sum

25 June 1986

Acquisition of 412 acres of coastal farmland including 3.25 miles of coastline in North Anglesey, wi

24 September 1986

Acquisition of a collection of books and manuscripts by or relating to Laurence Sterne for the write

17 December 1986

Acquisition at auction of drawings and plans from Matthew Boulton's personal archive (the major Boul

17 December 1986

Conservation of hull and artefacts.

23 April 1986

Acquisition of 443 acres of Long Holcombe, which form part of a stretch of unspoilt moorland within

23 April 1986

Acqusition of Kedleston Hall, park and contents and provision of an endowment.

31 July 1986