HMS Office of Works Caernarvon Castle
Reference code
SAL/01/04/039/26
Title
HMS Office of Works Caernarvon Castle
Date
24 July 1941 - 1 August 1942
Level of description
file
Extent and format
1 file
Scope and content
Correspondence between the Society and insurance and packing companies relating to the removal of 11 paintings which were sent to Caernarvon Castle for safe keeping on 5 August 1941. Letters show they were insured for �250 and stored in the Eagle Tower along with two marble busts. There is a full catalogue of works stored in Wales and a handwritten annotation states that they were returned in 1945. One of the items sent was the panel painting�of Henry Fitzalan, 12th Earl of Arundel (LDSAL337).
Creator
Society of Antiquaries of London