Millar, (Sir) Oliver (Nicholas)

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MILLAR, (Sir) Oliver (Nicholas)

MILLAR, (Sir) Oliver (Nicholas). British, b. 1923. Genres: Art/Art history. Career: Assistant Surveyor of the King's Pictures, 1947-49, deputy surveyor, 1949-72, surveyor of the queen's pictures, 1972-88, surveyor emeritus, 1988-; director of the Royal Collection, 1987-88. Publications: Thomas Gainsborough, 1949; (with M.D. Whinney) English Art 1625-1714, 1957; Rubens's Whitehall Ceiling, 1958; Abraham van der Doort's Catalogue, 1960; Tudor, Stuart, and Early Georgian Pictures in the Collection of HM the Queen, 1963; Zoffany and His Tribuna, 1967; Later Georgian Pictures in the Collection of HM the Queen, 1969; Inventories and Valuations of the King's Goods, 1618-1651, 1972; The Age of Charles I, 1972; Sir Peter Lely, 1618- 1680, 1978; The Queen's Pictures, 1977; Van Dyck in England, 1982; Victorian Pictures in the Collection of HM the Queen, 1992. Author of exhibition catalogs. Address: The Cottage, Rays Lane, Penn, Bucks., England.

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