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Photograph: Lord Balneil, Chairman of the Trustees of the National Gallery, receiving ...

1938

Title

Photograph: Lord Balneil, Chairman of the Trustees of the National Gallery, receiving the guests invited to a reception to commemorate the centenary of the building in Trafalgar Square

Date

1938

Archive reference number

NG30/1938/1

Description

Illustration from 'The Sketch', 20 Apr 1938, p. 150. Room 1 (Central Hall) is hung with Italian pictures, including Signorelli's 'Holy Family' (NG2488); Raffaelino del Garbo's 'Tondo' (NG4903), and Pollaiuolo's Altarpiece (NG292). Copy photograph: The Illustrated London News Picture Library. NG neg. M1385.

Record type

Item

Alternative reference numbers

VF4

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