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National Gallery Website

Catalogue reference: PF 55

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PF 55

This series contains dated gathered versions (or 'snapshots') of the National Gallery website. [Please note: These records may be accessed via the UK Government Web Archive].

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Reference

PF 55

Title
National Gallery Website
Date

From 1999

Description

This series contains dated gathered versions (or 'snapshots') of the National Gallery website. [Please note: These records may be accessed via the UK Government Web Archive].

Arrangement

Please see information at Divisional level

Related material

See also PF 180

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status

Public Record(s)

Language

English

Creator(s)
  • Department for Culture, Media and Sport, 1997-2017
  • National Gallery, 1824-1824
Physical description

archived website(s)

Access conditions

Open

Immediate source of acquisition

Gathered from original website.

Subjects
Topics
Museums and galleries
Official publications
Accruals

Future website versions may be anticipated.

Administrative / biographical background

The National Gallery in London, founded in 1824, houses a collection of over 2000 paintings dating from the 13th century to 1900.

The National Gallery opened to the public on 10 May 1824 and originally housed a collection of 38 paintings previously owned by John Julius Angerstein. In 1832 construction began on a new building by William Wilkins on the site of the King's Mews in Charing Cross, in an area that had been transformed over the 1820s into Trafalgar Square.

The Gallery's collection was shaped mainly by its early directors, notably Sir Charles Lock Eastlake, and by private donations, which comprise two thirds of the collection.

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C17994/

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