| Description | Press cuttings , Auctions: May 1941-December 1953 (Fiche 41.A.1-11)., Exhibitions, London, Mixed: September 1950 - October 1953 (41.B.1-24)., Exhibitions, Abroad, Mixed: September 1953 - December 1954. (41.C.1), Exhibitions, Provincial, Mixed: August 1950-1954 (41.D.1-12)., Exhibitions, Mixed February 1941 - December 1953 (41.E.1-15)., Exhibitions, Mixed, French Art in England and English Art in France 1944-1949. (41.E.16-20)., Fine Arts Exhibitions: May 1949 - March 1951 (41.F.1-3)., Fine Arts Miscellaneous: December 1938 - January 1954. (41.G.1-18)., General Art: February 1941 - February 1950 (41.H.1-14)., Book Reviews: March 1950 - December 1953 (41.I.1-14)., Royal Fine Art Commission, 7th Report and presscuttings 1943-1949 (41.J.1)., Victoria and Albert Museum: December 1949 - February 1950 (41.K.1)., National Gallery: January 1942 - November 1949 (41.L.1-3)., Tate Gallery: February 1941 - January 1950 (41.M.1-3), National Art Collections Fund: May 1941 - August 1949 (41.N.1-2)., Royal Academy General: April 1941 - June 1949 (41.0.1-4)., Royal Academy, Landscape in French Art exhibition, 1949 (41.O.5)., British Contemporary Art Exhibition, Argentina (41.P.1)., Art Societies arranged alphabetically (41.Q.1), Art Works lost or damaged in War: March 1941 - May 1949 (41.R.1-2)., 'Protection of Art Works in War Areas' Woolley Report HMSO 1947 (41.R.3-4), Works of Art in Germany, War Report HMSO 1946 (41.R.5-6), Works of Art in Austria, War Report HMSO 1946 (41.R.7-8)., Works of Art in Italy, War Report HMSO 1946 (41.R.9-10)., Works of Art in Greece, War Report HMSO 1946 (41.R.11-12). |
| Administrative History | Founded in 1934 the British Council exists, under the terms of its charter (1940), to promote greater understanding, awareness and knowledge of Britain and the English language abroad. The Council operates British art exhibitions and visits overseas, and holds a large collection that has been growing since 1948. |