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From: Frankie Roberto
4 May 2008
Dear Sir or Madam,
I would like to request the total number of objects that you hold
in your permanent collections.
If an exact figure is not available, please provide instead your
estimated total, along with an explanation as to how this figure
was calculated.
Yours faithfully,
Frankie Roberto
P.S Please note that this same request has been made to all the UK
museums covered under the Freedom of Information Act, and that your
response will be automatically made public at
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partly a test of the WhatDoTheyKnow project. If you have any
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From: Information Department
The National Gallery
6 May 2008
Dear Frankie Roberto,
Thank-you for your e-mail. There are currently a total of 2366 paintings
in the permanent collection of The National Gallery.
I hope that this is of some assistance.
Yours sincerely
Chris Morton
Information Officer
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