Reference code
RAA/PC/6/6
Title
Report of the Hampton Court Committee
Date
1919
Level
File
Extent & medium
1 file, 3pp.
Previous reference codes
RAA/PC/6/12, RAA/PC/6/9, and 505
Historical Background
The Hampton Court Committee was appointed by the Council of 8 July 1919, to investigate restorations of paintings by
Mantegna at Hampton Court Palace, following a letter from
Henry Woods.
Content Description
Copy of the report of the Hampton Court Committee to the President and Council, describing the restoration of paintings by
Mantegna there as "lamentable" and as betraying "deplorable incompetence", and making recommendations about their future housing, 29 July 1919. The report is signed by the President,
Sir Aston Webb,
Henry Woods,
Walter William Ouless,
A. S. Cope,
Charles Sims,
Charles Shannon and
Herbert Hughes-Stanton. Also, copy of covering letter from the Secretary to
Viscount Sandhurst, "in the hope that the advice given may be useful in any future consideration of the condition of old paintings in His Majesty's collections", 7 August 1919.