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  • Sharon
  • Updated By Sharon on August 22, 2003
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    National Gallery
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  • Phone: 020 7747 2885
  • Directions: Charing Cross or Leicester Square tubes. just near Trafalgar Sq.
  • Website: http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/
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  • iandsmith
  • Updated By iandsmith on September 5, 2006
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  • Classic columns, classic art. - London
    Classic columns, classic
    art.
    by iandsmith
    With over 2,000 works of art covering a broad spectrum of styles, this is an art gallery worthy of your time. Some of the better know works include the Arnolfi portrait by Van Eyck, Monet's "Bathers at La Grenouilliere, Holbein's "The Ambassadors", "Mystic Nativity" by Sandro Botticelli, Velazquez's only nude "The Rokeby Vezer", Da Vinci's "Virgin and Child with St Anne and John the Baptist", Constable's "The Hay Wain" and a great (and I use the word advisedly) series of four paintings in the foyer that defy more than just a casual glance. The best thing about it for me was that It's free!
    I vividly remember standing in front of "The Hay Wain", Constable's oft-copied rural scene and being transfixed that here was the real thing. The original. And I was looking at it for nothing!
    To date, this is the finest single gallery I have visited with the most eclectic collection.
    I've done the Prado, Uffizi and quite a few others, but none had the range shown here.
    The National Gallery occupies the north side of the square. In the stone under the balustrade, you can see the Imperial Standards of Length (1 foot, 2 feet, 1 yard etc.) There's something you didn't need to know but will give you boasting rights if you actually view it.
    A definite must-see while in London.

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  • vesna04
  • By vesna04 on July 9, 2003
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  • this is only one of the many places one should see, but I choose this one couse I go overthere everythime I visit London.

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  • Phone: 0 20 7747 2885
  • Directions: Charing Cross or Leicester Square tubes
  • Website: http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/
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  • karenincalifornia
  • Updated By karenincalifornia on November 17, 2008
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    National Gallery, London,
    England
    by karenincalifornia
    The National Gallery is my favorite art museum of all art museums. I just love the building, the impressive interior, and of course all the fabulous art. I'm sure it must get very crowded in summer, but in November, I had no complaints about the crowds. A great number of the masters' paintings are exhibited here. Absolutely stunning and a must see.

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  • Phone: 0 20 7747 2885
  • Directions: Charing Cross or Leicester Square tubes
  • Website: http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/
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  • ChrsStrl
  • Updated By ChrsStrl on August 26, 2002
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  • Across the fountains to the Gallery - London
    Across the fountains to the
    Gallery
    by ChrsStrl
    At Trafalgar Square, this houses one of the great collections of art. The new Sainsbury Wing is a real MUST SEE!

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  • Jim_Eliason
  • Updated By Jim_Eliason on May 10, 2005
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    National Gallery
    by Jim_Eliason
    Great Art, not quite the Louvre but more manageable size

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  • Phone: 0 20 7747 2885
  • Directions: Charing Cross or Leicester Square tubes
  • Website: http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/
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  • By cheekymarieh on September 7, 2002
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  • An art gallery in London housing the largest collection of paintings in Britain, and one of the finest collections in the world. It was opened in 1824 in Pall Mall, but moved to its present premises in Trafalgar Square in 1838. A spacious extension, the Sainsbury Wing, designed by Robert Venturi, was opened in 1991 to house the early Renaissance pictures.

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  • conny_bazen
  • Updated By conny_bazen on March 23, 2004
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  • Trafalgar Square - London
    Trafalgar Square
    by conny_bazen
    Visit the National Gallery at Trafalgar Square
    A lot of work from a few very famous painters: Rembrandt, van Gogh, Monet, Renoir and many more....
    It will keep you there for hours if you want to see it all !!!!

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  • Phone: 0 20 7747 2885
  • Directions: Charing Cross or Leicester Square tubes
  • Website: http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/
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  • unexplored
  • Updated By unexplored on June 18, 2003
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  • The National Gallery itself was begun in 1824 when the government decided that London needed a national art collection to compete with famous European galleries. It just happened that the Pall Mall house of John Julius Angerstein was for sale at the time, along with his collection of 38 paintings, including works by Raphael, Rembrandt and Van Dyke. These were purchased for £57,000 and Angerstein's house was used as the first gallery until the present building was completed in 1838. In the meantime, a number of important pictures were added to the collection through gifts and bequests, but many of the most famous works were aquired by shrewd gallery directors scouring Europe for masterpieces that could be bought cheaply because the artists were temporarily 'out of fashion'. Because space was limited, the directors pursued a policy of quality rather than quantity. The result is one of the world's richest art collections, covering most schools and periods of painting up to the 20th century(the national collection of modern art, along with British works of all periods is now housed in the Tate Gallery).

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  • shivan
  • Updated By shivan on September 25, 2003
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    by shivan
    The National gallery. Sited in Trafalgar Square, it only has paintings exposed, but what a collection!

    Entrance is free, don't miss it. If you're an arts expert, it is a heaven for you, for the few of you that are ignorant as me in arts, it will take an hour, it is dry and hot, a good place...

    See my other article for details.

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