Our Region Revealed: the prints and drawings collection
With grants from the National Lottery Heritage Fund, The Pilgrim Trust and from Friends of Devon's Archives we are making the Institution's rich collection of prints and drawings accessible to a wider audience through preservation and digitisation and through our programme of learning and engagement activities for all ages.
Our Region Revealed: unlocking the treasures of The Devon and Exeter Institution illustration collection is an ambitious project to preserve, catalogue and digitise around 9000 drawings, paintings, photographs and engravings. The rich collection includes sketchbooks, scrapbooks, portraits, political posters, trade cards of local businesses and drawings of buildings and landscapes. It offers a fascinating glimpse into the history of our region.
Throughout 2025, we have been working on making these digitised illustrations more widely available. Please watch this space!
