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The Royal Collection Project is a body of seventy five contemporary Canadian watercolours〔"Aquarelle, A History of The Canadian Society of Painters in Water Colour" by Rebecca Sisler, RCA. Toronto,1986. Printed by The Porcupine Quill.〕 housed within The Royal Collection〔THE ROYAL COLLECTION TRUST'S ANNUAL REPORT 2001-2002. Acquisitions, page 25 records the "gift of fifteen watercolours by the CSPWC/SCPA on the occasion of the Society's seventy-fifth anniversary".〕〔"The Queen's Pictures" by Oliver Millar 1977. Weidenfeld and Nicholson Ltd and the BBC. ISBN 0-8317-7260-3〕 of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. They comprise the single largest Canadian component within The Royal Collection. Compiled in two phases by the Canadian Society of Painters in Water Colour (CSPWC/SCPA) to mark the Societyʼs sixtieth and seventy-fifth anniversaries which were celebrated in 1985 and 2000, respectively. Along with most of the Royal Collectionʼs works on paper they reside in the Royal Library at Windsor Castle and are under the administrative care of the Royal Librarian. == History == The initial sixty piece collection was formed in 1985 as part of the Diamond Anniversary celebrations of the CSPWC. Each watercolour in the collection was created by a different elected member of the Society. The paintings were unveiled December 5, 1985 in an exhibition at the MacDonald Gallery (now the John B. Aird Gallery) in the Ontario Legislative Building(s)〔The SLATE ART GUIDE, Toronto, December 1985, The Macdonald Gallery. CSPWC Diamond Jubilee Collection.〕〔The Macdonald Gallery, Queen's Park, Toronto, Ontario. Invitation to "the unveiling of the CSPWC Diamond Jubilee Collection for Her Majesty The Queen"〕〔Exhibition brochure. The Macdonald Gallery, Queen's Park, December 5–28, 1985. Archives of the Arts and Letters Club. Toronto. (of A. J. Batten ).〕 They were later shown at Ontario House, King Charles Place, London, U.K. (13 March - 24 April 1986) where an official reception and handover to the Royal Collection took place on March 12, 1986.〔"THE GLOBE & MAIL, Toronto, June 12, 1986. Article by Zena Cherry (Editor ) "Canadian watercolourists celebrate sixtieth anniversary"〕〔"Canada Today/Aujour "Hui Magazine, issue 12, August 1986. Pages 11-12. entitled "Queen Accepts Gift of Canadian Paintings".〕〔Photograph of officials at hand-over ceremony at Ontario House, King Charles Place, London showing (to R ) Osvald Timmas, President of the CSPWC/SCPA,〕〔Invitation to a "Reception and Private View" of the exhibition, March 12, 1986. Courtesy of the Archives of the Province of Ontario. "Ontario House, London" collection.〕 A second display of the collection at Ontario House took place in 1988. The paintings are housed in the Print Room of the Royal Library.〔ROYAL TREASURES, A Golden Jubilee Celebration" edited by Jane, The Lady Roberts, Published by Royal Collection Enterprises Ltd, St James' Palace, London, 2002. Pages 24, 35, 53, 55 and 391. ISBN 1-902163-49-4〕 They form part of the Royal Collection of Drawings and Watercolours. A selection was on public display in the castle throughout 1986 and 1987. Since their 1986 arrival at Windsor Castle, the paintings have been referred to as "The Canadian Gift". In 2000 as part of the CSPWCʼs seventy-fifth anniversary celebrations a competition was held among newly elected members not represented in the original sixty piece collection to select fifteen additional works to add to the Windsor Castle holdings. This brought the group up to the symbolic total of seventy-five. The selected works were then exhibited at Toronto's O'Connor Gallery and later at The Arts and Letters Club of Toronto,〔The SLATE ART GUIDE, Toronto, November 2000, Announcement of CSPWC/SCPA Exhibitions of the fifteen works that would be going to London for presentation to the Royal Collection. Unveiling of the works at The Arts & Letters Club By the Hon Hilary Weston, Lt-Gov. of Ontario, (view ) and a public exhibition at Toronto's O'Connor Gallery.〕〔Televised interview by WILF DINNICK (Television, Toronto ) with the CSPWC's A.J. Batten on the subject of the national competition and the fifteen paintings. Recorded at The Arts and Letters Club on November 7th and broadcast November 8th, 2000.〕 site of the 1925 founding of the Society. His Royal Highness, The Prince of Wales, an Honorary Member of the Society, accepted the works at a reception hosted by the both the CSPWC and Jeremy Kinsman the High Commission(er) of Canada to the United Kingdom.〔ARTNEWS Canadian High Commission, London. Issue for November–December 2001. Visual Arts Section. Announcement of the exhibition of fifteen watercolours in the Gilles Landry Salon at Canada House, Trafalgar Square".〕〔Reception Guest list "On the occasion of the presentation of a gift of paintings to Her Majesty the Queen from The Canadian Society of Painters in Water Colour and in the presence of His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales" Hosted by The High Commissioner and Mrs Kinsman. Monday, December 10, 2001. Archives of The Arts and Letters Club, Toronto. (of A.J. Batten )〕〔Photographic record of the reception and presentation by Graham Reading, UK.〕〔THE CANADA POST () February 2002 edition. Main cover photo/article and page 9. "HRH at Canada House". 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