London, The National Gallery From Duncan Street 1897
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L130054
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The paintings that formed the basis of Britain’s national collection were purchased for £57,000 in 1824 from J Angerstein.The exhibition halls created on the north side of Trafalgar Square to display the lavish canvases were not universally admired. One Victorian critic believed ‘the authorities showed a frugal mind in the low elevation of the building with its pepper-box turrets and insignificant dome’.
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