FOI 15-21: Assembly Commissions’ collection of art and artefacts
Information Standards Freedom of Information Response
Our Ref: FOI 15-21
13 May 2021
Freedom of Information Act 2000
I am writing to confirm that the Northern Ireland Assembly Commission (Assembly Commission) holds information relevant to your request of 12 April 2021. In your request you asked for the following information:
“I was wondering if I would be able to request an itemised list of the Assembly’s collection of art and artefacts, which were mentioned in this article in 2018: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-44073291
I am particularly looking for anything that was purchased or gifted between 1920 and 1955, if that is at all possible.”
Please see the information attached at Appendix A below.
You have the right to request a formal review by the Assembly Commission and if you wish to do so, please write to me at the above address.
If after such an internal review you are still unhappy with the response, you have the right to appeal to the Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF who will undertake an independent review.
The Assembly Commission may publish details of your FOI request and our official response within the organisational disclosure log. The request will be completely anonymised and you will not be identified in any way. This is to meet the requirements as laid out by in the agreed publication scheme with the Information Commissioners’ Office.
If you have any queries about this letter, please contact me. Please remember to quote the reference number above.
Yours sincerely
INFORMATION STANDARDS
Appendix A
A list of the Assembly's collection of art and artefacts is provided in the table below. Our records do not, unfortunately, include details of when each of the items was acquired. Please let me know if you require anything further.
PAINTINGS / ARTWORK
Official opening of Parliament Buildings (photograph)
Oil painting by P Van Meulen
The Assembly in Session by Noel Murphy
State Opening of Parliament, small
La Baie
Picture of the Irish House of Commons
Portrait of Lord Bannside by Nolan
Portrait of Martin McGuinness by Tony Bell
Portrait of Lord Trimble by Nolan
Portrait of Mark Durkan by Conor Walton
Portrait of Seamus Mallon by Rita Duffy
Portrait of Eileen Bell by Conor Walton
Portrait of Lord Alderdice by Carol Graham
The House Will Divide by Noel Murphy
Portrait of Seamus Heaney by Ross Wilson
Portrait of CS Lewis by Ross Wilson
Rowel Friars Drawings
The Obelisk on the Boyne by J Tudor
Large Portrait of Sir Basil Brooke
Portrait of HM Queen Elizabeth II by Lydia de Burgh
State Opening of Parliament, large
Portrait of Frederick Temple, 3rd Marquess of Dufferin and Ava by C Williams
Portrait of Lord Craigavon by N Becker
Portrait of Lord Armaghdale by Riviere
Portrait of Rt Hon JM Andrews by F McKelvey
Portrait of Sir Henry Wilson MP
Gov. of N.I. Parliament Historic Occasions 1945
Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference pictures
Queen Victoria's Jubilee
View of Belmont & Glenmachan
Miscellaneous Photographs
CLOTHING
The uniform of the Sergeant at Arms
Black Rod’s uniform and sword
Herald’s Tabard
Collection of Clerks’ Uniforms
ARTEFACTS
Elizabeth II Coronation Vase
Bell from "HMS Ulster"
Black Rod’s Wand of Office
A Japanese Officer’s Sword presented to the people of Northern Ireland by Lord Mountbatten of Burma.
William IV two-handled Vase
Major Daniel Dixons Lingfield Hurdle Cup 1928
Royal Irish Rifles Silver Cup 1903
The Parliament Golf Handicap Challenge Cup 1927
Silver Lighter
Silver Maces
Victorian Tea Service
Gilt-tooled Dispatch Box
Jardinière made from the timbers of the "Mountjoy” (2nr.)
Two Red Leather Dispatch Boxes
Speaker's Robes and Wig
Oak Long Case Clock
Books containing the Names of the Civilian War Dead
Table with Map of Northern Ireland
Throne Chair
Part Model of Parliament Buildings
Bust of Frederick Temple
Roll of Honour Table
Ornamental Stand for the Bell from "HMS Ulster"
The uniform of the Sergeant at Arms
Mantle Clock
Framed Letter from HRH Duke of Edinburgh
Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Letter
Collection of Clerks’ Uniforms
French Mantle Clock
Model of Thiepval Tower
Items of Crockery
Coins
Various Military Items
Assorted items from the Speaker’s Office
Ceremonial Sword
Egg Timer
Brass Lamp Parts
3 x Warehouse Cages filled with Books
3 x Boxed Chandeliers
