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National Gallery

British  

noun

  1. a major art gallery in London, in Trafalgar Square. Founded in 1824, it contains the largest collection of paintings in Britain

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Selldorf Architects is known for its work on the historic mansion that houses The Frick Collection in New York as well as the National Gallery in London.

From Barron's • May 18, 2026

She became the first artist in residence at The National Gallery in 1980 and is often described as a fierce woman.

From BBC • Mar. 6, 2026

But the original hangs, in its full greenish majesty, in the National Gallery in Washington, where I make a point of seeing it whenever I am there.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 22, 2025

Just this year, London's National Gallery secured unprecedented private funding for its expansion following a fundraising campaign, while the Tate launched an endowment fund to secure its "long-term future".

From Barron's • Oct. 18, 2025

Instead, if anyone got suspicious and checked his travel plans, they’d see he was in the city visiting museums as part of his job with the Scottish National Gallery.

From "City Spies" by James Ponti

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