HC Deb 15 February 1984 vol 54 c195W
Mr. Yeo

asked the Under-Secretary of State answering in respect of the Arts how many paintings by Thomas Gainsborough are in English national collections but not on display to the public at the present time.

Mr. Waldegrave

In the national museums and galleries for which my noble Friend the Minister of the Arts is responsible there are 20 oil paintings by Thomas Gainsborough not on display to the public, of which one is undergoing conservation. All may be seen by appointment. These form only a small proportion of the total number of paintings by Gainsborough which are in the possession of the national institutions.

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