Print Room, Windsor

Print Room, Windsor

The Print Room at Windsor Castle is a print room which is an office in the Royal Collection Department of the Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom. It is responsible for the care and maintenance of the royal collections of drawings and old master prints (engravings etc), which is one of the finest in the world. The term refers to both an institution and a room, and is under the direction of the Royal Librarian.


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