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Subject Specialist Network

European paintings pre-1900

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Library

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Our specialist art library

National Gallery Archive

History of the Gallery

Records dating back to 1824

Picture library

Using our images

Commercial and academic licencing

Research papers

Technical Bulletin

Volume 36 now available online

Latest research by Gallery experts

National Gallery catalogues

Print and online publications

Read the latest catalogue entries

Raphael research resource

Access to documentation on Raphael

Building the picture

Exploring the role of architecture in Italian painting

Board minutes (1828–1918)

Eight volumes of the minutes of the Board of Trustees and the corresponding indexes.

Agnew's stock books

Eleven stock books from the archive of Thos. Agnew and Sons. Dating from 1853 until the beginning of the First World War.