Departmental Art Works Mr. Maude To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport pursuant to the answer of 26 January 2009, Official Report, column 54W, on departmental art works, what the (a) title, (b) artist and (c) Government Art Collection reference number is of each Government Art Collection item reported as stolen in each year since 1997-98. Barbara Follett The following Government art collection works have been stolen since 1997-98: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Title |Artist |Last known location |Government art collection reference number| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Lake Landscape |George Arnald |Ambassador’s temporary Residence, Buenos Aires, between 23 and 30 August 2001, presumed stolen. |GAC7462 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |St. James’s Park and Banqueting House|Anthony Highmore |Ambassador’s temporary Residence, Buenos Aires, between 23 and 30 August 2001, presumed stolen |GAC7963 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Sir Woodbine Parish (1796-1882) |after Thomas Phillips|Ambassador’s temporary Residence, Buenos Aires, between 23 and 30 August 2001, presumed stolen. |GAC1328 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Offering to Jupiter |Michele Rocca |Ambassador’s temporary Residence, Buenos Aires, between 23 and 30 August 2001, presumed stolen. |GAC2298 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Landscape |Edward Williams |Ambassador’s temporary Residence, Buenos Aires, between 23 and 30 August 2001, presumed stolen. |GAC2703 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Sir William Chambers |Francis Cotes |Stolen from the Somerset House Trust, Somerset House, London, in February 2008 and recovered by the police in September 2008.|GAC0/252 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Shipping 1821 |J.T. Serres |Stolen from the Somerset House Trust, Somerset House, London, in February 2008 and recovered by the police in September 2008.|GAC3158 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------