Islands of Canna and Sanday
Our £335,000 grant in 1981 supported the acquisition and endowment of the islands from previous owners, Gaelic scholars Dr John Lorne Campbell and Dr Margaret Fay Shaw.
Projects
Caudwell’s Mill, Derbyshire, and flour roller-mill machinery
Acquisition of the mill and its machinery.
RRS Discovery 1
Restoration of Captain Scott's Ship, then berthed in London
View of Verona by Bellotto at Powis Castle
Acquisition of painting by Bellotto (1720-1780) Canaletto's nephew, which had hung at Powis Castle s
Preservation of National Film Archive film Application 1
Reprocessing of pre-1951 film held on nitrate stock, including remnants of Korda's I Claudius.
Coalbrookdale Old Furnace, restoration
Conservation of the furnace in which Abraham Darby I undertook the first trials of smelting iron wit
Madonna with the Cherries by Joos van Cleve
Acquisition of Madonna with the Cherries by Joos van Cleve which was acquired in 1800 by Henry Blund
Wordsworth Manuscripts and Memorabilia
Acquisition and conservation of Wordsworth memorabilia and manuscripts.
Portraits of 9th Earl of Cathcart & his wife by Reynolds
Acquisition of a pair of portraits of the 9th Earl of Cathcart and his wife, which had hung at Manch