Series RAS COLL7/6 - 2006-2010

Identity area

Reference code

GB 891 RAS COLL7-RAS COLL7/6

Title

2006-2010

Date(s)

  • 2006-2010 (Creation)

Level of description

Series

Extent and medium

2 archival folders

Context area

Name of creator

(1793 -)

Administrative history

The Louvre is a national art museum in Paris, France, and one of the most famous museums in the world. It is located on the Right Bank of the Seine in the city's 1st arrondissement (district or ward) and home to some of the most canonical works ofread more

Name of creator

(1766 -)

Administrative history

Christie's is a British auction house founded in 1766 by James Christie

Name of creator

(1973 -)

Administrative history

The British Library was created on 1 July 1973 as a result of the British Library Act 1972. Prior to this, the national library was part of the British Museum. The British Library is a major research library, with items in many languages and in manyread more

Name of creator

(1992 -)

Administrative history

Kingston University London is a public research university located within the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, in South West London, England. Its roots go back to the Kingston Technical Institute, founded in 1899. It received university status inread more

Name of creator

(1922 -)

Administrative history

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, England. Originally established in 1922 as the British Broadcasting Company, it evolved into its current state with itsread more

Name of creator

(1816 -)

Administrative history

The Fitzwilliam Museum is the art and antiquities museum of the University of Cambridge. The museum was founded in 1816 with the legacy of the library and art collection of Richard FitzWilliam, 7th Viscount FitzWilliam. The bequest included £100,000 "toread more

Name of creator

(1998 -)

Administrative history

The Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts in Qatar is the Qatari Education City campus of the School of the Arts of Virginia Commonwealth University, a public university in Richmond, Virginia, United States. VCUarts Qatar, the firstread more

Name of creator

(1852 -)

Administrative history

The Victoria and Albert Museum (abbreviated V&A) in London is the world's largest museum of applied arts, decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 2.8 million objects. It was founded in 1852 and named after Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Material associated with loans from the Society's collections between 2006-2010:

  • Correspondence from the Louvre, Paris, to the Royal Asiatic Society concerning the possibility of the loan of a manuscript for their exhibition 'Treasury of the World -
  • read more

Description control area

Description identifier

gb 891 ras coll7/6