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Bound volume, meeting minutes of MCC Arts and Library Sub-Committee (renamed Arts and Library Committee from 2008), Publishing Working Party, and Seasonal Publications Group. Includes agendas and summaries of Lord's tour statistics, paper by Alistair Lack on the structure of the Arts and Library Sub-Committee. Items include: Agreement for R C Russell to paint the Ashes Urn, 11 January 2006 Consideration of arrangements for a photograph of the three Curators of MCC, 11 January 2006 and 11 October 2006 Approval of a document by Dr Gerald Howat concerning changes to the workings of the Publishing Working Party, 11 January 2006 Approval of an Ashes Exhibition display at Lord's in 2006 to test the displays used in the Ashes Exhibition, 11 January 2006 Agreement to arrange for B C Lara to see Justin Mortimer's portrait of him, 11 January 2006 Approval of an artist to visit India in March 2006 and paint Kapil Dev, S R Tendulkar and D B Vengsarkar, 11 January 2006 Discussion by the Sub-Committee on the purchase of the Kent vs. Lancashire 1906 by Albert Chevallier Tayler, 25 April 2006 Agreement to use the first floor of the Ticket Office building to house the MCC archive, 25 April 2006 Agreement to place an explanation regarding the acquisition of the Lowry painting next to the painting while it is on display in the MCC Museum, 25 April 2006 Agreement to lend a model of the Media Centre and the painting of David and Bathsheba to Neue Pinachotek of Munich, 25 April 2006 Agreement to loan the sparrow killed by a cricket ball to Natuurhistorisch Museum Rotterdam, 25 April 2006 and 11 October 2006 Loan of the Prudential World Cup to Barbados Museum, 25 April 2006 Discussion of a proposal by Mr Steen on an audio-visual international history of cricket, 25 April 2006 and 11 October 2006 Agreement for the Curator and Assistant Secretary to produce a paper on the Publishing Working Party, 25 April 2006 Agreement for Jennifer McRae to paint the Begum Nawab and Her Highness The Nawab of Pataudi, 6 July 2006 Agreement that MCC should attempt to arrange a painting of Inzaman-ul-Haq to be commissioned during Pakistan's 2006 tour of England, 6 July 2006 Agreement to notify Curator of any items up for sale by private collectors in light of the Acquisitions Fund being set at £1.5 million for the period 2006-2010, 11 October 2006 Agreement not to purchase paintings of M W Gatting and M G Hughes by Charlotte Fawley, 11 October 2006 Discussion of whether MCC should purchase a statue of D C S Compton sweeping by David Winn, 11 October 2006 and 14 February 2007 Agreement to purchase a maquette of Antony Dufort's statue 'Bowler' and to investigate with Dufort the possibility of commissioning a fieldsman, 11 October 2006, 25 April 2007, 11 July 2007, and 25 March 2009 Agreement to produce a CD of Audio Archive interviews conducted in India by David Rayvern Allen, 11 October 2006 Agreement to produce a trophy for the England vs. India Series, naming it 'The Pataudi Trophy, Presented by M.C.C.', 14 February 2007, 25 April 2007 and 11 July 2007 Agreement to loan Dick a Dick's club to the National Museum of Australia, and P A Perrin's bat to Essex County Cricket Club, 14 February 2007 Discussion regarding access to the MCC archives, 14 February 2007 Discussion of the Curator's positional paper, 25 April 2007 Agreement that a portrait of Glenn McGrath should be commissioned, 25 April 2007 Approval of painting of M Muralitharan by Philip Hale, 25 April 2007 Discussion of an increase in ticket prices for the Lord's tour and questionnaires accompanying visits, 10 October 2007 Agreement that MCC would try and obtain Sri Lankan scorebooks, 23 January 2008 Agreement for Curator to enter into negotiations with the National Gallery of Scotland for an exhibition of paintings of Thomas Hope and 'Raeburn's Skating Minister', 23 January 2008 Agreement not to pursue the Art of Spin Sculpture Project, 23 January 2008 Agreement to recommend that the title of the Arts and Library Sub-Committee be changed to Heritage Sub-Committee, 23 April 2008 Agreement for the Curator to produce guidelines on acquisitions and disposal, 23 April 2008 Agreement to accept portraits of Indian cricketers into the collection, alongside the portrait of the Red Boy by Opie and that MCC should purchase a copy of the London Chronicle for 1789 which detailed the first printed edition of the Laws of Cricket, 23 April 2008 Agreement for MCC to sponsor the Cricket Society Book of the Year award, 23 April 2008 and 26 January 2011 Discussion regarding MCC's film collection, 23 April 2008 Discussion whether MCC should participate in the celebration of Charles Dickens' bicentenary in 2012, 23 April 2008 Agreement that a paper should be prepared on copyright, 23 April 2008 Discussion regarding the acquisition of the portrait of Lewis Cage by Francis Cotes, 23 July 2008 and 29 October 2008 Agreement not to purchase Stuart Pearson-Wright's drawing of S R Tendulkar, 29 October 2008 Agreement for David Rayvern Allen to arrange a meeting regarding the MCC Audio Archive, 23 October 2008 and report on the Audio Archive Project, 25 March 2009 Agreement to restructure the Arts and Library Sub-Committee and to undertake a feasibility study on a proposed bibliography project, 23 October 2008 Discussion on whether items from the collection could be sold, 25 March 2009 Approval of an application for funding for an applied research project between MCC and the George Ewart Evans Centre for Storytelling at the University of Cardiff, 5 August 2009 Agreement by Committee had not accepted offers to purchase bronzes of Sir Donald Bradman and F S Trueman but would try to purchase an 18th century patch box showing a cricket scene on the lid, 5 August 2009 Discussion on the Heritage, Strategy and Audit report as part of the Vision for Lord's, 27 January 2010 Discussion of the Bibliography Project, 27 January 2010 and 3 May 2011 Agreement that items from the MCC Library would be de-accessioned, 27 January 2010 and 21 April 2010 Agreement for the Arts and Library Committee to debate future draft budgets, 27 January 2010 Agreement to produce a policy document regarding loans, 21 April 2010 Discussion of Honours Boards and Presidents Boards, 21 April 2010 and 6 July 2010 Discussion of who would edit the MCC Magazine, 27 October 2010 Agreement not to purchase an earthenware jug from the 1830s, 27 October 2010 Decision to pursue the sale of two Hambledon Minute Books, 27 October 2010 Agreement to hold an event to unveil the portrait of Rachael Heyhoe Flint by James Lloyd, 27 October 2010 Agreement that MCC should commission a portrait of S C Taylor and A J Strauss, 26 January 2011 and 3 July 2013 Approval of the purchase of a collection of over 37,000 cricket ties [from Keith Wiliams], 3 May 2011 Consideration of a policy on commissioning, 3 May 2011 Agreement that a conservator should be asked to look at the Australian signatures on the balcony of the Members' Bar in the Pavilion, 3 May 2011 Consideration of whether elements of MCC's heritage should be put into a Trust, 12 July 2011 Agreement to put together a cataloguing team as part of the budget for 2012, 12 July 2011 Consideration of putting together a carved frieze of Wisden Cricketers of the Year to coincide with the Bicentenary of Lord's Ground, 12 July 2011 Agreement for the Curator to pursue the purchase of the Frindall Archive to a maximum of £20,000, 1 February 2012 Loan of the Len Hutton bat to Yorkshire County Cricket Club, 1 February 2012 Loan of Archibald Stuart Wortley's portrait of W G Grace to the Cooper Gallery in Barnsley, 1 February 2012 Agreement for Curator to look into purchasing specialist cases to accompany pictures loaned out of MCC, 18 April 2012 Agreement to invite Ross Barrat to meet the Committee to discuss the purchase of his cricket memorabilia, 18 April 2012, 27 June 2012 and 16 October 2012 Agreement to look into improving access from the Pavilion to the MCC Library on matchdays, 18 April 2012 Agreement to bid for the painting 'Captain of the XI' by Calderon, 27 June 2012 Approval of the Portrait Commission Policy, 27 June 2012 and 23 January 2013 Agreement not to bid for the Jack Russell painting, 16 October 2012 Discussion of whether the painting of Thomas Hope be loaned to the Museum of Fine Arts in Lausanne, 16 October 2012 Rejection of Sussex County Cricket Club's request to borrow the Ashes Urn, 16 October 2012 Request by T B Bunting that more information on tours attended be collected to strengthen its database, 23 January 2013 Commemoration of R C A FitzGerald and C T FitzGerald by producing special bookplates, 23 January 2013 Discussion of a photographic project to mark the Bicentenary of Lord's, 23 January 2013 and 17 October 2013 Agreement to purchase the Barrat Collection, 17 April 2013 Loan of a painting by Andy Pankhurst [Last Ball, 6.45pm from the Boundary, 3 January 2003 at Sydney Cricket Ground (No. II)], to J P Morgan, 17 April 2013 Decision to use the FitzGerald bequest to restore and conserve the photographic collection, library and architectural drawings, 3 July 2013 and 17 October 2013 Discussion of whether the Roger Mann scrapbooks should be purchased, 3 July 2013 and 17 October 2013 Removal of restrictions on Bodyline material held by the State Library of Victoria, 3 July 2013 Agreement not to pursue a suggestion by Anita Lafford that she be commissioned to create a statue of Thomas Lord, 17 October 2013

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