With its Classical façade gracing the northern side of London’s Trafalgar Square, the UK’s National Gallery possesses one of the world’s greatest collections of Western paintings. On display are around 2300 pictures covering every European school of painting from the 13th to the 19th century. Paintings by English masters include Constable’s ‘The Haywain’ and Gainsborough’s ‘The Watering Place’. There are regular exhibitions at the National Gallery, ranging from displays of schoolchildren’s artwork inspired by Hogarth’s painting ‘The Graham Children’, to an exhibition of 19th-century German painting.
Air: London Heathrow Airport, London Gatwick Airport, London Stansted Airport or London Luton Airport. Rail: Train: London Charing Cross Station. Underground: Charing Cross, Leicester Square, Embankment or Piccadilly Circus. Road: Bus: Public services.
National Gallery, Trafalgar Square, London WC2N 5DN, UK
Tel: (020) 7747 2885
Website: www.nationalgallery.org.uk
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