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National Gallery, Trafalgar Square, London, England

National Gallery, founded 1824, with its dome and imposing entrance portico, housing the national collection of paintings to 1900, on Trafalgar Square, opened 1844, designed by John Nash, 1752-1835, in Westminster, London, England, UK. The original National Gallery was designed and built 1832-38 by William Wilkins, 1778-1839, and was extended by James Pennethorne, 1801-71, and Charles Barry, 1795-1860, with the addition of the Sainsbury Wing (seen here on the left) by Robert Venturi, b. 1925, and Denise Scott Brown, b. 1931, in 1991. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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National Gallery, founded 1824, with its dome and imposing entrance portico, housing the national collection of paintings to 1900, on Trafalgar Square, opened 1844, designed by John Nash, 1752-1835, in Westminster, London, England, UK. The original National Gallery was designed and built 1832-38 by William Wilkins, 1778-1839, and was extended by James Pennethorne, 1801-71, and Charles Barry, 1795-1860, with the addition of the Sainsbury Wing (seen here on the left) by Robert Venturi, b. 1925, and Denise Scott Brown, b. 1931, in 1991. Picture by Manuel Cohen