The Artchive is a virtual

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website. It was established in the late 1990s by Mark Harden. He contributed to

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from 1995 before establishing the Artchive. A biography of the founder called it a "top art resource". A user on

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called it "such a valuable website". However, the contact email does not currently work and the site is neglected and not updated. The Artchive website displays historic artworks with a convenient viewer that allows the size of the image to be set easily as required. It provides a leading online teaching resource for

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at a university level. The Artchive contains 2,300 scans of works by more than 200 artists. Posters of displayed artworks are available. It has the same name as a service of

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. Notable works on the site include ''

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'' by

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