[holding answer 23 March 2010]: There are more than 13,500 works of art in the Government Art Collection's (GAC) holdings, on display in over 400 different buildings in the UK and around the world. The GAC carries out audits remotely and in person and some works are occasionally reported as missing from their previously reported locations. The GAC make extensive searches, after which time, many of the items are accounted for.
This table details those Government Art Collection prints and paintings which have been reported as missing since 1997 and not yet recovered:
Year went missing Work/artist Value (£) 1997 Sacred Place 20/50 by M. Ayrton 50 1997 NW Prospect of Gloucester by S. & N. Buck 500 1997 E Prospect of Burton on Trent 500 1997 Sheep at Dusk near New Tredegar by C. Molyneux 25 1998 Charles Abbott 1st Baron Tenterdon by W. Owen 250 1998 Alex Wedderburn 1st Earl Rosslyn by J. Reynolds 50 1999 The Tate Gallery by J. Griffiths 50 2000 Poppies with Sunflowers by M. Thompson 50 2000 How to make 16 Squares out of Forty Rods by M. Porter 50 2000 Jesus College, Cambridge by J. Trevelyan 50 2000 The Deer House, Bishop Auckland, County Durham by J. Thirsk 30 2000 View of Walton Bridge from Oatlands by Farington 75 2000 Fawley Court and Henley by Farington 75 2000 NW Prospect of City of Bristol by S. and N. Buck 500 2000 Jesus College, Cambridge by J. Trevelyan 50 2001 Exhibition Room, Somerset House by Rowlandson 100 2001 The Mosque of Sultan Achmet by anonymous 100 2001 Syon House by A. Bury 50 2001 On London Bridge by Edwin La Dell 50 2001 Offering to Jupiter by M. Rocca 80,000 2001 Lake Landscape by G. Arnald 35,000 2001 Landscape by E. Williams 60,000 2001 St. James's Park and Banqueting House by A. Highmore 60,000 2001 Sir Woodbine's Parish by T. Phillips 5,000 2001 The Cathedral of St. Magnus, Kirkwall, Orkney by W. Daniell 20 2002 Boys and Girls in Boats, Windsor by L. Rosoman 30 2002 Walter Runciman, 1st Viscount Runciman by W. Strang 100 2002 Regent Street looking towards the Quadrant by T. S. Boys 100 2002 Westminster Abbey, West Front by T. H. Shepherd 30 2002 Richmond Castle, Evening by D. Muirhead 30 2002 St. Paul's 15/75 by J. Trevelyan 100 2002 Shadwell Park 4/75 by J. Piper 300 2003 The Rose Garden, British Embassy, Washington by E. Croner 100 2003 The New Law Courts, Main portion of Strand Facade by G. E. Street 50 2003 The New Law Courts, Portion of the West Front by G. E. Street 50 2003 Stepping Stones by T. Gilman 2,200 2003 Paradox No. IV 15/25 by D. Hirst 25 2004 Blackfriars from Southwark Bridge by T. Shotters Boys 100 2005 Gondola III 39/100 by M. Krosh-Frishman 50 2005 3ra Day of Creation A/P by E. Sharf 50 2005 Hall of Christ Church Hospital by T. Rowlandson and A. C. Pugin 75 2006 Penman-Mauer taken from near Aber, North Wales by W. Daniell 20 2007 The New Foreign and India Offices: The Park Front by M. Jackson 50 2007 The Grand Staircase at the New Foreign Office by anonymous 50 2007 Boats A/P by R. Jarvis 100 2007 Horse Guards from the Old Entrance, Scotland Yard by M. A. Rooker 500 2008 Monument to Balance 4,30 by Ernest A. Dunn 100 2008 The Wording of Police Charges 37/150 by R. B. Kitaj 500 2008 Plague 37/150 by R. B. Kitaj 500 2009 The Cathedral Church of St. Peter in Chichester by L. Knyff 250 2009 Bambridge on Trial for Murder by Committee of House of Commons by W. Hogarth 200 2009 The Railway Station by W. P. Frith 600 2009 Derby Day by W. P. Frith 600 2009 Leaving by D. Evans 500 2009 House Plant 2/25 by Boyd and Evans 500 2009 Evening Menu 31/70 by P. Caulfield 1,600 2009 Untitled by P. Collingwood 3,000
This table details Government Art Collection prints and paintings which were reported missing but subsequently recovered:
Year went missing Work/artist Value £ 2001 Dung Gate, Jerusalem by H. G. Gray 1,000 2001 Jaffa Gate, Jerusalem by H. G. Gray 1,000 2001 Zion Gate, Jerusalem by H. G. Gray 1,000 2001 St. Stephen's Gate, Jerusalem by H. G. Gray 1,000 2001 Damascus Gate, Jerusalem by H. G. Gray 1,000 2001 Herod's Gate, Jerusalem by H. G. Gray 1,000 2001 Golden Gate, Jerusalem by H. G. Gray 1,000 2001 The Citadel, Jerusalem by H. G. Gray 1,000 2003 The Mansion House looking towards Cheapside by T. Malton 50 2003 Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux (1778-1868) Lord Chancellor by R. Bowyer 50 2003 A Perspective View of Lincoln's Inn by J. Maurer 75 2004 Forced Labour 34/250 by A. Hrdlicka 500 2004 Cartmel Fell, Windermere 45/100 by N. Ackroyd 500 2004 Les Premiers Astres 21/50 by J. Dickson 50 2005 Calcutta by H. Salt 1,000 2005 Lower Wessex Lane, Summer 9/10 by Stevens 50 2005 Lower Wessex Lane, Spring 28/75 by Stevens 50 2005 Stand On The Green by R. Burn 50 2005 Key Print to Field Marshal, the Duke of Wellington giving orders to his Generals previous to a General Action 50 2006 Abstract by S. Kaner 100 2007 Rival 29/100 by Procktor 400 2007 Sir William Chambers by F. Cotes 75,000 2007 Shipping by J. T. Serres 7,000 2008 Yellow Square Plus Quarter Blue 30/72 by W. Scott 3,000 2008 Mudbanks by J. Trevelyan 500 2008 Calypso 36/50 by J. Trevelyan 500 2008 Breeze I 40/50 by J. Brunsdon 50