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National Gallery, London - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (4459 words) |
 | Later, in 1811, London became home to a collection intended for a never-realised national gallery of Poland when it was bequeathed in the will of one of one of the men who had assembled it, Sir Francis Bourgeois, to Dulwich College (it now resides in the Dulwich Picture Gallery). |
| The location was a significant one, described by the trustee Sir Robert Peel as being "in the very gangway of London" and thus equally accessible by people of all social classes. |
| Later, in the 1850s, there were calls for a change of location, due in part to the pollution of central London and partly because of the failings of Wilkins's building, but it was felt that moving the National Gallery from Trafalgar Square would undermine public access. |
| London WC2 (261 words) |
| London WC2 is the post-code of Covent Garden and Holborn. |
| Centre Point Tower at St. Giles' Circus, the RAF church of St. Clement Danes on the Strand, the "Queen Mary" and the "Tattershall Castle" boat pubs on the River Thames and the luxury of the Savoy Hotel. |
| London WC2 is the heart of Theatreland, with the London Coliseum and the Royal Opera House and the regular west End Theatres showing musicals or plays. |
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