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All 212,000 of the United Kingdom’s Oil Paintings are Now Online

Today the Public Catalogue Foundation (PCF) and the BBC completed their hugely ambitious project to put online the United Kingdom’s entire collection of oil paintings in public ownership. This makes...

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Reynolds – a risk taking painter!

In January Siobhan (Project Conservator), Helen (House and Collections Manager) and Victoria our project fundraising manager, visited the studio of paintings conservator Melanie Caldwell.  Melanie is...

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Mould mould everywhere!

Of the 310 paintings at Knole at least 80 have some level of mould on the surface. Although mould is present or suspected in all rooms, the worst appears to be in the Spangled Dressing room, the...

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Planning, blinds, and the east front revealed!

Hopefully by this time next week Lady Betty’s Bedroom and Sitting Room will be fully re-instated after building work and on show to our visitors once more. That is if it isn’t raining on the 3rd June!...

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