Manchester, Art Gallery And Mosley Street c.1885
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The City Art Gallery building was started in 1825 and completed in 1830 at a cost of £30,000. Designed in Grecian style and proportions by Sir Charles Barry, who also designed the Houses of Parliament, it was built as a home for the Royal Institution of Manchester. The Corporation were given the building on the understanding that they spent £2,000 per year buying works of art. Among its treasures were copies of the Elgin Marbles, presented by George IV, and a statue of John Dalton in marble. As an Art Gallery there was never enough space, and many works of art have had to be stored away. The year 2000 saw the gallery closed while work began on expanding it to take in new buildings, including the Athenaeum Club next door on Princess Street.
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