Saumarez Smith, Charles Robert

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SAUMAREZ SMITH, Charles Robert

SAUMAREZ SMITH, Charles Robert. British, b. 1954. Genres: Architecture, Antiques/Furnishings. Career: Christ's College, Cambridge, England, Christie's Research Fellow, 1979-82; Victoria and Albert Museum, London, assistant keeper, 1982-90, head of research, 1990-94; National Portrait Gallery, London, director, 1994-. Publications: The Building of Castle Howard, 1990; Eighteenth-Century Decoration: Design and the Domestic Interior in England, 1993. Address: National Portrait Gallery, St. Martin's Place, London WC2H 0HE, England.

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