Requests for Loans
A formal request is required in advance of the exhibition, ideally at least nine months ahead for UK loans and twelve months for international loans. Our curators will be happy to discuss potential loans with you prior to submission of a formal loan request. Please contact the Exhibitions and Access Coordinator in the first instance. You can also review our advice about submitting a loan request and our conditions of loan.
Submitting a loan request
The formal written request should be addressed to the Provost of Eton College (Eton College, Windsor, Berkshire, SL4 6DW, UK) and should include:
- Name and address of the applicant institution
- Name, position and contact details of the person handling the loan application
- Title and date of the exhibition
- A description of the exhibition, including the proposed context of the item requested
- A description of the object with reference number (if possible)
Conditions of loan
Before submitting a formal loan request, please ensure that your institution is able to meet our conditions of loan.
UKRG reports
Upon agreement to the loan in principle, you may be asked to fill in the following reports:
Recently some of our objects have been lent to exhibitions at the British Museum, the National Trust (The Vyne), the Watts Gallery, Winchester College and La Venaria Royale, Turin
Recent Loans to External Exhibitions
Watts Gallery: Artists’ Village | 17 August – 2 November 2020
Watts Gallery: Artists’ Village | 17 August – 2 November 2020
- Bernard Leach, Globular Pot, 20th century
- Shoji Hamanda, Lidded Pot, 20th century
Winchester College Treasury | 10 September – 20 December 2019
Winchester College Treasury | 10 September – 20 December 2019
- Plaster Cast of Keats’s Death Mask, early 20thcentury
British Museum | 21 November 2019 – 8 March 2020
British Museum | 21 November 2019 – 8 March 2020
- Patrick Shaw-Stewart, Ronald Knox (London: William Collins Sons, 1920)
- A Shropshire Lad, A.E. Housman (London: Grant Richards, 1912)
Reggia di Venaria, Turin | 13 March – 20 September 2020
Reggia di Venaria, Turin | 13 March – 20 September 2020
- Pompeo Batoni, (1708-1797) Cupid and Psyche 1730 red pencil on paper
