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 The National Gallery at Trafalgar Sqaure The National Gallery was established in April 1824 when the
House of Commons agreed to pay £57,000 for the
picture collection of the banker John Julius Angerstein. The 38
pictures were intended to form the core of a new national collection,
for the enjoyment and education of all. Until a gallery building was
constructed, the pictures were displayed at Angerstein's house in Pall
Mall.
Since its establishment, the Gallery has been expanding. In
1985 Lord Sainsbury of Preston Candover and his brothers The Hon.
Simon Sainsbury and Sir Timothy Sainsbury generously agreed to finance
the construction of a new wing for the Gallery. A site next to the
Gallery had been vacant since the Second World War, when a furniture
shop was destroyed by bombing. The new Sainsbury Wing was opened in
1991, to display the entire early Renaissance collection.
In 2004, 4,959,782 people visited the National Gallery, making
this venue very popular.
 Landscape with a Footbridge, 1518
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5 mins before time stated)
Closed 1 January and 24-26
December. Quietest times are early week-day morning and 6-9pm Wednesday
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