Surveyor of the Queen's Pictures someone responsible for pictures in the Royal Household. Notable recent office-holders have included Sir Lionel Cust (1901–1927), Sir Kenneth Clark (1934–1944), Professor Anthony Blunt (1945–1972), and Sir Oliver Millar (1972–1988). The current Surveyor of the Queen's Pictures is Desmond Shawe-Taylor, appointed in 2005. Surveyor of the Queen's Pictures The office of the Surveyor of the King's/Queen's Pictures, in the Royal Collection Department of the Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom, is responsible for the care and maintenance of the royal collection of pictures owned by the Sovereign in an official capacity – as distinct from those owned
The Fourth Man (1983 film) The Fourth Man (1983 film) The Fourth Man () is a 1983 Dutch suspense film directed by Paul Verhoeven, based on the novel of the same name by Gerard Reve. The film stars Jeroen Krabbé and Renée Soutendijk, and was Verhoeven's last film made in the Netherlands. It was selected as the Dutch entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 56th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee. The title refers to Krabbé's position as the fourth man Soutendijk's character seduces, after she presumably has dispatched her first three husbands. The film is sexually explicit and,