Art and the British Royal Family; museums’ energy crisis; Fuseli’s The Nightmare
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Did the Queen Express a Love of Paintings?
Did the queen ever express to you a particular love of paintings in the collectiono or things tha she wanted to have near her, or anything like that? Oh, yes, completely. And then it wasof quite widely known what she liked. In particular, the great dutch paintings collected by george the fourth. We ere clear personal favourites. She particularly liked a painting by tabort called the letter reader. I mean, most beautiful, exquisitely painted. Is amazing silk dress, but also sort of charming, intimate, slightly an enigmatic depiction ofa two ladies,. one's reading to the other. So really, really, really beautiful painting.
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