NG Stories content list
Room 1
The following list details the images featured within the interactive image sequence in Room 1 of the NG Stories digital experience.
Group 1
Text featured on-screen in Room 1:
We use our knowledge of art history to research artists and paintings. We bring paintings to life in books, events and exhibitions. The first-ever female curator at the Gallery was Dr Dillian Gordon, appointed in 1978.
Images:
Large screen (1): Luke Syson, Curator of Italian Paintings before 1500 Head of Research in front of Leonardo's 'The Virgin of the Rocks' (about 1491/2-9 and 1506-8), 2011, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (1): Leonardo da Vinci, The Virgin with the Infant Saint John the Baptist adoring the Christ Child accompanied by an Angel ('The Virgin of the Rocks'), about 1491/2-9 and 1506-8. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (2): Leonardo da Vinci, The Virgin with the Infant Saint John the Baptist adoring the Christ Child accompanied by an Angel ('The Virgin of the Rocks'), about 1491/2-9 and 1506-8. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (3): Luke Syson, Curator of Italian Paintings before 1500 Head of Research in front of Leonardo's 'The Virgin of the Rocks' (about 1491/2-9 and 1506-8), 2011, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (4): Leonardo da Vinci, The Virgin with the Infant Saint John the Baptist adoring the Christ Child accompanied by an Angel ('The Virgin of the Rocks'), about 1491/2-9 and 1506-8. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Large screen (2): Gallery Director with Senior Curators planning the hang of paintings in the Sainsbury Wing, early 1990s, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (1): Gallery Director with Senior Curators planning the hang of paintings in the Sainsbury Wing, early 1990s, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (2): Gallery Director with Senior Curators planning the hang of paintings in the Sainsbury Wing, early 1990s, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (3): Gallery Director with Senior Curators planning the hang of paintings in the Sainsbury Wing, early 1990s, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (4): The Sainsbury Wing, 1991, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Large screen (3): Christopher Riopelle, The Neil Westreich Curator of post-1800 Paintings, at the paper hang for the Van Gogh: Poets and Lovers exhibition, 2024, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (1): Paper hang for the Van Gogh: Poets and Lovers exhibition, 2024, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (2): Paper hang for the Van Gogh: Poets and Lovers exhibition, 2024, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (3): Vincent van Gogh, Sunflowers, 1888. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Large screen (4): Lead Curator Susanna Avery-Quash giving a talk during the NG200 Big Birthday Late, 2024, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (1): NG200 Big Birthday Late Talk, 2024, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (2): Titian, The Vendramin Family, venerating a Relic of the True Cross, about 1540-45. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (3): Lead Curator Susanna Avery-Quash giving a talk during the NG200 Big Birthday Late, 2024, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (4): Titian, The Vendramin Family, venerating a Relic of the True Cross, about 1540-45. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Group 2
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We preserve the Gallery's history. Archiving the past and present to enhance research about the paintings. The library and archive combined have over 1,700 metres of books, archives, dossiers and more. That’s equivalent to 33 Nelson’s Columns laid end to end.
Images:
Large screen (1): Archivist, Alan Crookham, in the Archive store, 2009, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (1): Selection of materials from the National Gallery Archive, 2015, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (2): Books from the Agnew's Archive in the National Gallery Library, 2014, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (3): Archive material relating to the Wornum family, 2018, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (4): Archive material relating to the Wornum family, 2018, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Large screen (2): Staff at work in the Library, 1991, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (1): Staff looking through index cards in the Library, 1991, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (2): The National Gallery Library, 1991, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (3): The National Gallery Library, 2011, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (4): Index cards in drawers in the National Gallery Library, 2009, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Large screen (3): Cleaning Library books, 2009, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (1): Cleaning Library books, 2009, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (2): Books in the Library, 2009, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (3): Cleaning Library books, 2009, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Large screen (4): Archivist Nicholas Smith giving a talk at a Members' Event in the Research Centre, 2024, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (1): Archival material displayed at a Members' Event in the Research Centre, 2024, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (2): Archival material displayed at a Members' Event in the Research Centre, 2024, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (3): Archival material displayed at a Members' Event in the Research Centre, 2024, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Group 3
Text featured on-screen in Room 1:
We conserve and protect the paintings. We ensure that each painting will be there for the next generation. It took around 25 years for Leonardo da Vinci to complete ‘The Virgin of the Rocks’. It is a rare example of a painting that took longer to make than it did to restore.
Images:
Large screen (1): Staff at work in the Conservation Department, 1978, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (1): Probably by Girolamo Macchietti, A Knight of S. Stefano, after 1563. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (2): Probably by Girolamo Macchietti, A Knight of S. Stefano, after 1563. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (3): Probably by Girolamo Macchietti, A Knight of S. Stefano, after 1563. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (4): Staff at work in the Conservation Department, 1978, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Large screen (2): Larry Keith, Director of Conservation, in the Conservation Studio with 'The Virgin of the Rocks' by Leonardo da Vinci (about 1491/2-9 and 1506-8), 2010, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (1): Larry Keith, Director of Conservation, in the Conservation Studio with 'The Virgin of the Rocks' by Leonardo da Vinci (about 1491/2-9 and 1506-8), 2010, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (2): Leonardo da Vinci, The Virgin with the Infant Saint John the Baptist adoring the Christ Child accompanied by an Angel ('The Virgin of the Rocks'), about 1491/2-9 and 1506-8. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (3): Leonardo da Vinci, The Virgin with the Infant Saint John the Baptist adoring the Christ Child accompanied by an Angel ('The Virgin of the Rocks'), about 1491/2-9 and 1506-8. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (4): Larry Keith, Director of Conservation, at work in the Conservation Studio, 2008, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Large screen (3): Conservator, Janet Brough, at work in the Conservation Studio, 1986, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (1): Master of the Prodigal Son, Pietà, about 1550. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (2): Master of the Prodigal Son, Pietà, about 1550. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (3): Conservator, Janet Brough, at work in the Conservation Studio, 1986, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Large screen (4): Kendall Francis, Conservation Fellow, working on Giovanni di Matteo's 'The Assumption of the Virgin' (probably 1474), 2022, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (1): Kendall Francis, Conservation Fellow, working on Giovanni di Matteo's 'The Assumption of the Virgin' (probably 1474), 2022, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (2): Matteo di Giovanni, The Assumption of the Virgin, probably 1474. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (3): Matteo di Giovanni, The Assumption of the Virgin, probably 1474. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (4): Kendall Francis, Conservation Fellow, working on Giovanni di Matteo's 'The Assumption of the Virgin' (probably 1474), 2022, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Group 4
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We hang, move and store the paintings. Every painting, in every room, is secure and ready to be enjoyed. It can take up to 10 art handlers to move the largest paintings, and there can be up to 12,000 picture moves a year.
Images:
Large screen (1): Paintings are relocated at the National Gallery in London after World War II, two men carry 'Rome: The Interior of St Peter's' by Giovanni Paolo Panini through the Gallery, 21 May 1947, Photograph. Image source: Photo by George Konig/Keystone Features/Hulton Archive/Getty Images
Small screen (1): Paintings are relocated at the National Gallery in London after World War II, two men carry 'Rome: The Interior of St Peter's' by Giovanni Paolo Panini through the Gallery, 21 May 1947, Photograph. Image source: Photo by George Konig/Keystone Features/Hulton Archive/Getty Images
Small screen (2): Paintings are relocated at the National Gallery in London after World War II, two men carry 'Rome: The Interior of St Peter's' by Giovanni Paolo Panini through the Gallery, 21 May 1947, Photograph. Image source: Photo by George Konig/Keystone Features/Hulton Archive/Getty Images
Small screen (3): Paintings are relocated at the National Gallery in London after World War II, two men carry 'Rome: The Interior of St Peter's' by Giovanni Paolo Panini through the Gallery, 21 May 1947, Photograph. Image source: Photo by George Konig/Keystone Features/Hulton Archive/Getty Images
Small screen (4): Giovanni Paolo Panini, Rome: The Interior of St Peter's, before 1742. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Large screen (2): Art Handlers hanging 'The Supper at Emmaus' by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1601), 2016, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (1): Art Handlers hanging 'The Supper at Emmaus' by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1601), 2016, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (2): Merisi da Caravaggio, The Supper at Emmaus, 1601. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (3): Art Handlers hanging 'The Supper at Emmaus' by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1601), 2016, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (4): Merisi da Caravaggio, The Supper at Emmaus, 1601. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Large screen (3): Attendants take 'Cardinal Richelieu' by Philippe de Champaigne out of storage for routine inspection in an underground facility at Manod Quarry, north Wales, where paintings from the National Gallery have been moved for wartime safe keeping, September 1942, Photograph. Image source: Photo by Fred Ramage/Keystone Features/Hulton Archive/Getty Images
Small screen (1): Art treasures from the National Gallery are moved to Manod Quarry slate caverns in Wales for safekeeping during World War II, there a huge painting of Cardinal Richelieu by Philippe de Champaigne is brought out for inspection by art experts, 1942, Photograph. Image source: Photo by Fred Ramage/Keystone Features/Hulton Archive/Getty Images
Small screen (2): Philippe de Champaigne, Cardinal de Richelieu, 1633-40. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (3): Attendants take 'Cardinal Richelieu' by Philippe de Champaigne out of storage for routine inspection in an underground facility at Manod Quarry, north Wales, where paintings from the National Gallery have been moved for wartime safe keeping, September 1942, Photograph. Image source: Photo by Fred Ramage/Keystone Features/Hulton Archive/Getty Images
Large screen (4): Art Handling moving 'The Raising of Lazarus' by Sebastiano del Piombo, incorporating designs by Michelangelo (1517-19), 2010, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (1): Art Handling moving 'The Raising of Lazarus' by Sebastiano del Piombo, incorporating designs by Michelangelo (1517-19), 2010, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (2): Sebastiano del Piombo, incorporating designs by Michelangelo, The Raising of Lazarus, 1517-19. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (3): Art Handling moving 'The Raising of Lazarus' by Sebastiano del Piombo, incorporating designs by Michelangelo (1517-19), 2010, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (4): Sebastiano del Piombo, incorporating designs by Michelangelo, The Raising of Lazarus, 1517-19. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Group 5
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We create and restore frames. They complement the paintings and draw the eye. Initially, the framing workshop was staffed by a Master Craftsman and one assistant. Today we have four staff to build and restore our frames.
Images:
Large screen (1): Framing and Conservation Technician Joshua Page moving frames into the Frame Store, 2019, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (1): Moving frames into the Frame Store, 2019, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (2): Moving frames into the Frame Store, 2019, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (3): Moving frames into the Frame Store, 2019, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (4): Moving frames into the Frame Store, 2019, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Large screen (2): Image taken from footage from the National Gallery Youtube Video: 'Making six huge frames for Titian's mythological paintings'. Source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (1): Image taken from footage from the National Gallery Youtube Video: 'Making six huge frames for Titian's mythological paintings'. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (2): Image taken from footage from the National Gallery Youtube Video: 'Making six huge frames for Titian's mythological paintings'. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (3): Image taken from footage from the National Gallery Youtube Video: 'Making six huge frames for Titian's mythological paintings'. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (4): Image taken from footage from the National Gallery Youtube Video: 'Making six huge frames for Titian's mythological paintings'. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Large screen (3): Frame Conservator Isabella Kocum Working in the Framing Studio, 2020, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (1): Frame Conservator Isabella Kocum Working in the Framing Studio, 2020, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (2): Frame Conservator Isabella Kocum Working in the Framing Studio, 2020, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (3): Frame Conservator Isabella Kocum Working in the Framing Studio, 2020, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Large screen (4): Frame Conservator Louisa Davey gilding a frame, 2010, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (1): Gilding a frame, 2010, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (2): Gilding a frame, 2010, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (3): Gilding a frame, 2010, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (4): Gilding a frame, 2010, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Group 6
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We are inspired by the paintings to create our own art. We are part of the fabric of the Gallery, producing work at the studio in the building at Trafalgar Square. There have been artists in residence at the Gallery for over 40 years, some of whom have signed the same fridge used in the artist's studio.
Images:
Large screen (1): Artist-in-Residence Ali Cherri in the exhibition 'If you prick us, do we not bleed?', 2021, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (1): Artist-in-Residence Ali Cherri in the exhibition 'If you prick us, do we not bleed?', 2021, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (2): Exhibition 'If you prick us, do we not bleed?', 2021, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (3): Exhibition 'If you prick us, do we not bleed?', 2021, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (4): Exhibition 'If you prick us, do we not bleed?', 2021, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Large screen (2): Portrait of Associate Artist Paula Rego in her studio with 'Crivelli's Garden', 1990, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (1): Portrait of Associate Artist Paula Rego in her studio with 'Crivelli's Garden', 1990, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (2): Portrait of Associate Artist Paula Rego in her studio with 'Crivelli's Garden', 1990, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (3): Portrait of Associate Artist Paula Rego in her studio with 'Crivelli's Garden', 1990, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (4): Portrait of Associate Artist Paula Rego in her studio with 'Crivelli's Garden', 1990, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Large screen (3): Portrait of the first Artist-in-Residence Maggi Hambling in her studio, 1980, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (1): The first Artist-in-Residence Maggi Hambling at a public teaching session, 1981, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (2): The first Artist-in-Residence Maggi Hambling at a public teaching session, 1981, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (3): The first Artist-in-Residence Maggi Hambling at a public teaching session, 1981, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Large screen (4): Associate Artist George Shaw in his studio in the Gallery, 2015, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (1): George Shaw's studio in the Gallery, 2015, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (2): George Shaw's studio in the Gallery, 2015, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (3): Associate Artist George Shaw in his studio in the Gallery, 2015, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (4): George Shaw's studio in the Gallery, 2015, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Group 7
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We use technology to analyse, observe and carry out research into the paintings. This gives us valuable understanding of the science behind paints, pigments and surfaces. We use imaging techniques on the paintings first developed by NASA to study the surface of planets.
Images:
Large screen (1): Joyce Plesters with the Zeiss Laser Microspectral Analyser analysing paint cross-sections, 1977, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (1): A tray of mounted paint cross-sections from the Scientific Department archive, 2008, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (2): Scientific Office with set-up for preparing paint cross-section samples, 1968, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (3): Paint cross-section prepared by Joyce Plesters in 1967 from a sample taken from Ariadne’s red sash in 'Bacchus and Ariadne' by Titian (1520-3), sample photographed in 2013, Photograph, National Gallery Scientific Department. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (4): Scientific Department, 1949, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Large screen (2): Joseph Padfield 3D Scanning 'Equestrian Portrait of Charles I' by Anthony van Dyck (about 1638–9), 2018, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (1): Anthony van Dyck, Equestrian Portrait of Charles I, about 1638-9. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (2): Anthony van Dyck, Equestrian Portrait of Charles I, about 1638-9. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (3): Joseph Padfield 3D Scanning 'Equestrian Portrait of Charles I' by Anthony van Dyck (about 1638–9), 2018, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (4): Joseph Padfield 3D Scanning 'Equestrian Portrait of Charles I' by Anthony van Dyck (about 1638–9), 2018, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Large screen (3): John Mills at work in the Scientific Department, c.1980s, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (1): John Mills at work in the Scientific Department, c.1980s, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (2): John Mills at work in the Scientific Department, c.1980s, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (3): John Mills at work in the Scientific Department, c.1980s, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Large screen (4): David Peggie and Helen Howard, Scientific Officers operating the X-ray fluorescence (XRF) equipment and scanning 'The Virgin and Child with Saints George, James the Greater and a Donor' by Giovanni Martini da Udine (probably about 1500-25), 2017, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (1): X-ray fluorescence (XRF) equipment scanning 'The Virgin and Child with Saints George, James the Greater and a Donor' by Giovanni Martini da Udine (probably about 1500-25), 2017, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (2): An image, acquired using a scanning X-ray fluorescence (sXRF) instrument, showing the distribution of the chemical element lead, in the central motif from ‘The Virgin and Child with Saints George, James the Greater and a Donor’ by Giovanni Martini da Udine (NG778), 2018, Technical image, National Gallery Scientific Department. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (3): An image, acquired using a microscope, of a paint sample taken from the shoulder of the donor’s robe in ‘The Virgin and Child with Saints George, James the Greater and a Donor’ by Giovanni Martini da Udine (NG778), 2012, Technical image, National Gallery Scientific Department. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (4): Giovanni Martini da Udine, The Virgin and Child with Saints George, James the Greater and a Donor, probably about 1500-25. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Group 8
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We use the paintings to help you discover, learn and smile. We are inventors, teachers and storytellers. Our learning and national programmes reach out across the UK. In 2023 we worked with a quarter of a million people of all ages with activities to connect people and paintings.
Images:
Large screen (1): Caroline Marcus at a British Sign Language (BSL) interpreted Gallery talk, 2008 Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (1): Stephanie Cobb at a British Sign Language (BSL) interpreted Gallery talk, 2008 Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (2): Thomas Gainsborough, The Market Cart, 1786. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (3): Stephanie Cobb at a British Sign Language (BSL) interpreted Gallery talk, 2008 Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (4): Thomas Gainsborough, The Market Cart, 1786. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Large screen (2): Art Road Trip Facilitators, Chioma Ince and Elisha Keyworth with the Art Road Trip Bus in Trafalgar Square, 2024, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (1): Art Road Trip Bus in Trafalgar Square, 2024, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (2): Art Road Trip Bus in Trafalgar Square, 2024, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (3): Image taken from footage of the Art Road Trip Bus in the Isle of Sheppey, 2024. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (4): Image taken from footage of the Art Road Trip Bus in the Isle of Sheppey, 2024. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Large screen (3): James Heard as Gainsborough for a Meet the Artist event, 1981, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (1): James Heard as Gainsborough for a Meet the Artist event, 1981, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (2): Thomas Gainsborough, Mr and Mrs William Hallett ('The Morning Walk'), 1785. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (3): Thomas Gainsborough, Mr and Mrs William Hallett ('The Morning Walk'), 1785. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Large screen (4): Marc Woodhead at a Talk and Draw Event, 2013, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (1): Carlo Crivelli, The Annunciation, with Saint Emidius, 1486. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (2): Carlo Crivelli, The Annunciation, with Saint Emidius, 1486. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (3): Marc Woodhead at a Talk and Draw Event, 2013, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (4): Marc Woodhead at a Talk and Draw Event, 2013, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Group 9
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We record moments in the collection's life. We document the Gallery and its paintings, capturing colours, textures and hidden details. From 1919 the Gallery produced its own photographs in black and white on film or glass plates. Today our digital cameras can capture trillions of different colours.
Images:
Large screen (1): Courtney Border at Work in the Photographic Archive, 2023, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (1): Courtney Border at Work in the Photographic Archive, 2023, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (2): Ludovico Mazzolino, The Holy Family with Saints Elizabeth, Francis and John the Baptist, about 1514-16. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (3): Ludovico Mazzolino, The Holy Family with Saints Elizabeth, Francis and John the Baptist, about 1514-16. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (4): Courtney Border at Work in the Photographic Archive, 2023, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Large screen (2): Lucy Close in the Photographic Studio, 1980, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (1): Lucy Close in the Photographic Studio, 1980, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (2): Paris Bordone, Portrait of a Young Woman, about 1545. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (3): Paris Bordone, Portrait of a Young Woman, about 1545. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (4): Elizabeth Churchyard in the Photographic Studio, 1980, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Large screen (3): Photographer Tom Patterson photographing 'The Adoration of the Kings' by Paolo Veronese (1573), 2013, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (1): Paolo Veronese, The Adoration of the Kings, 1573. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (2) Paolo Veronese, The Adoration of the Kings, 1573. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (3): Photographer Tom Patterson photographing 'The Adoration of the Kings' by Paolo Veronese (1573), 2013, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Large screen (4): Photographer Astrid Athen photographing 'Richard II presented to the Virgin and Child by his Patron Saint John the Baptist and Saints Edward and Edmund ('The Wilton Diptych')' - English or French, (?) (about 1395-9), 2015, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (1): Photographer Astrid Athen photographing 'Richard II presented to the Virgin and Child by his Patron Saint John the Baptist and Saints Edward and Edmund ('The Wilton Diptych')' - English or French, (?) (about 1395-9), 2015, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (2): English or French, (?), Richard II presented to the Virgin and Child by his Patron Saint John the Baptist and Saints Edward and Edmund ('The Wilton Diptych'), about 1395-9. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (3): English or French, (?), Richard II presented to the Virgin and Child by his Patron Saint John the Baptist and Saints Edward and Edmund ('The Wilton Diptych'), about 1395-9. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (4): Photographer Astrid Athen photographing 'Richard II presented to the Virgin and Child by his Patron Saint John the Baptist and Saints Edward and Edmund ('The Wilton Diptych')' - English or French, (?) (about 1395-9), 2015, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Group 10
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We welcome you to the Gallery. We answer your questions, help guide you through the building and keep you and the paintings safe. The Gallery once employed a guard dog to patrol the galleries at night. These night patrols went on for almost a decade in the 1960s.
Images:
Large screen (1): Entrance to the Gallery Shop, 1981, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (1): Visitors Browsing in the Gallery Shop, 1981, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (2): Visitors in the Gallery Shop, 1981, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (3): Slide display in the Gallery Shop, 1979, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (4): Visitors in the Gallery Shop, 1979, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Large screen (2): Museum keeper and his dog making his rounds at the National Gallery in London, United Kingdom, 6 October 1962, Photograph. Image source: Photo by Keystone-France/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images
Small screen (1): Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Two Standing Figures, about 1740-6. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (2): Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Seated Man, Woman with Jar, and Boy, about 1740-6. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (3): Museum keeper and his dog making his rounds at the National Gallery in London, United Kingdom, 6 October 1962, Photograph. Image source: Photo by Keystone-France/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images
Small screen (4): Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Two Men seated under a Tree, about 1740-6. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Large screen (3): Protective Services Officer Alan Allison in Room 38, 2023, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (1): Paintings in Room 38 at the National Gallery, London, 2019, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (2): Francesco Guardi, Venice: Piazza San Marco, about 1760. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (3): Room 38 at the National Gallery, London, 2019, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Large screen (4): Gallery Warder helping a visitor, 1980, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (1): Gallery Warder helping a visitor, 1980, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (2): Guido Reni, The Adoration of the Shepherds, about 1640. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (3): Guido Reni, The Adoration of the Shepherds, about 1640. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (4): Guido Reni, The Adoration of the Shepherds, about 1640. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Group 11
Text featured on-screen in Room 1:
We respond creatively to the Gallery and its paintings. We dance, play and perform with the Gallery as our stage. The Gallery has been a constant source of inspiration for all types of performances. One of the biggest being our Big Birthday Weekend on 10 May 2024.
Images:
Large screen (1): Dame Myra Hess (1890 - 1966) the English pianist playing a Steinway piano. Original Publication: Picture Post - 1196 - London Goes Music Mad - pub, 1942, Photograph. Image source: Photo by Felix Man/Getty Images
Small screen (1): A lunchtime concert at the National Gallery in London, 1957, Photograph. Image source: Photo by Erich Auerbach/Getty Images
Small screen (2): A lunchtime concert at the National Gallery in London, 1957, Photograph. Image source: Photo by Erich Auerbach/Getty Images
Small screen (3): Pianist Dame Myra Hess and the New London Orchestra, being conducted by Alec Sherman, at a concert in the National Gallery, London. Original Publication: Picture Post - 1534 - National Gallery Concert - unpub, c.1943, Photograph. Image source: Photo by Kurt Hutton/Picture Post/Hulton Archive/Getty Images
Small screen (4): Pianist Dame Myra Hess and the New London Orchestra, being conducted by Alec Sherman, at a concert in the National Gallery, London. Original Publication: Picture Post - 1534 - National Gallery Concert - unpub, c.1943, Photograph. Image source: Photo by Kurt Hutton/Picture Post/Hulton Archive/Getty Images
Large screen (2): Image taken from behind-the-scenes footage of Adam Johnson (Adam Ceramic) creating content for NG200 Creators, 2024. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (1): Juan de Zurbarán, Still Life of Lemons, Day Lilies, Carnations, Roses and a Lemon Blossom in a Wicker Basket, together with a Goldfinch perched on a Porcelain Bowl of Water, on top of a Silver Tray, all arranged upon a Stone Ledge, about 1643-9. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (2): Image taken from NG200 Creators content produced by Adam Johnson (Adam Ceramic), 2024. Image source: Adam Johnson/The National Gallery, London
Small screen (3): Nicolas Poussin, The Triumph of Pan, 1636. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (4): Image taken from behind-the-scenes footage of Adam Johnson (Adam Ceramic) creating content for NG200 Creators, 2024. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Large screen (3): Poet Ben Okri performing with Jools Holland as part of the National Gallery's Big Birthday Weekend concert Rhythm and Hues, 10 May 2024, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (1): Poet Ben Okri performing with Jools Holland as part of the National Gallery's Big Birthday Weekend concert Rhythm and Hues, 10 May 2024, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (2): Guercino, Elijah fed by Ravens, 1620. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (3): Guercino, Elijah fed by Ravens, 1620. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Large screen (4): Friday Lates 'Costuming the Baroque', 2022, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (1): Friday Lates 'Costuming the Baroque', 2022, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (2): Juan de Zurbarán, Still Life of Lemons, Day Lilies, Carnations, Roses and a Lemon Blossom in a Wicker Basket, together with a Goldfinch perched on a Porcelain Bowl of Water, on top of a Silver Tray, all arranged upon a Stone Ledge, about 1643-9. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (3): Juan de Zurbarán, Still Life of Lemons, Day Lilies, Carnations, Roses and a Lemon Blossom in a Wicker Basket, together with a Goldfinch perched on a Porcelain Bowl of Water, on top of a Silver Tray, all arranged upon a Stone Ledge, about 1643-9. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (4): Friday Lates 'Costuming the Baroque', 2022, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Group 12
Text featured on-screen in Room 1:
We come to improve our artistic skills and to be inspired. Professional artists have come to copy from the collection since 1824. Copyists have been allowed to work in the Gallery since it was first opened – at one time, the Gallery also had dedicated Students' Days.
Images:
Large screen (1): Copyists at work in the Turner Room, 1907, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (1): Copyists at work in the Turner Room, 1907, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (2): Joseph Mallord William Turner, The Fighting Temeraire tugged to her last berth to be broken up, 1838, 1839. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (3): Copyists at work in the Turner Room, 1907, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (4): Joseph Mallord William Turner, The Fighting Temeraire tugged to her last berth to be broken up, 1838, 1839. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Large screen (2): Copyist working in front of 'An Autumn Landscape with a View of Het Steen in the Early Morning' by Peter Paul Rubens (probably 1636), 2016, Photograph. Image source: Photo by Steve Vidler
Small screen (1): Peter Paul Rubens, An Autumn Landscape with a View of Het Steen in the Early Morning, probably 1636. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (2): Peter Paul Rubens, An Autumn Landscape with a View of Het Steen in the Early Morning, probably 1636. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (3): Peter Paul Rubens, An Autumn Landscape with a View of Het Steen in the Early Morning, probably 1636. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (4): Copyist working in front of 'An Autumn Landscape with a View of Het Steen in the Early Morning' by Peter Paul Rubens (probably 1636), 2016, Photograph. Image source: Photo by Steve Vidler
Large screen (3): Students are allowed to work in the National Gallery for two days a week and one student, perched on a ladder, is copying a picture called 'The Girl and the Cat', 17 November 1933, Photograph. Image source: Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images
Small screen (1): Probably by Jean-Baptiste Perronneau, A Girl with a Kitten, 1743. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (2): Probably by Jean-Baptiste Perronneau, A Girl with a Kitten, 1743. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (3): Students are allowed to work in the National Gallery for two days a week and one student, perched on a ladder, is copying a picture called 'The Girl and the Cat', 17 November 1933, Photograph. Image source: Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images
Large screen (4): Copyist working in front of 'The Supper at Emmaus' by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1601), 2014, Photograph. Image source: Photo by Steve Vidler
Small screen (1): Copyist working in front of 'The Supper at Emmaus' by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1601), 2014, Photograph. Image source: Photo by Steve Vidler
Small screen (2): Merisi da Caravaggio, The Supper at Emmaus, 1601. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (3): Merisi da Caravaggio, The Supper at Emmaus, 1601. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (4): Copyist working in front of 'The Supper at Emmaus' by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1601), 2014, Photograph. Image source: Photo by Steve Vidler
Group 13
Text featured on-screen in Room 1:
We come to the Gallery to be moved and inspired by paintings. The collection belongs to all of us. The Gallery welcomed over 320 million visits between 1824 and 2024.
Images:
Large screen (1): Visitor in front of 'Bathers at Asnières' by Georges Seurat, 2018, Photograph. Image source: Photo by Malcolm Park/Alamy
Small screen (1): Georges Seurat, Bathers at Asnières, 1884. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (2): Georges Seurat, Bathers at Asnières, 1884. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (3): Visitor in front of 'Bathers at Asnières' by Georges Seurat, 2016, Photograph. Image source: Photo by Steve Vidler
Small screen (4): Georges Seurat, Bathers at Asnières, 1884. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Large screen (2): High angle view of visitors inspecting the 'The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne and the Infant Saint John the Baptist ('The Burlington House Cartoon')’, a preparatory drawing by Leonardo da Vinci, on display at the National Gallery in London, England, 31 March 1962, Photograph. Image source: Photo by Evening Standard/Hulton Archive/Getty Images
Small screen (1): Leonardo da Vinci, The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne and the Infant Saint John the Baptist ('The Burlington House Cartoon'), about 1506-1508. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (2): Leonardo da Vinci, The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne and the Infant Saint John the Baptist ('The Burlington House Cartoon'), about 1506-1508. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (3): Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain during a visit to the National Gallery in London, 1 May 1962, Photograph. Image source: Photo by PNA Rota/Getty Images
Small screen (4): Leonardo da Vinci, The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne and the Infant Saint John the Baptist ('The Burlington House Cartoon'), about 1506-1508. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Large screen (3): Visitor in front of 'The Execution of Lady Jane Grey' by Paul Delaroche, 2019, Photograph. Image source: Photo by Steve Vidler
Small screen (1): Visitor in front of 'The Execution of Lady Jane Grey' by Paul Delaroche, 2019, Photograph. Image source: Photo by Steve Vidler
Small screen (2): Paul Delaroche, The Execution of Lady Jane Grey, 1833. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (3): Paul Delaroche, The Execution of Lady Jane Grey, 1833. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Large screen (4): Children using the Keeper of Paintings app in the Gallery, [2022], Photograph. Image source: Photo by Malcolm Park
Small screen (1): Children using the Keeper of Paintings app in the Gallery, [2022], Photograph. Image source: Photo by Malcolm Park
Small screen (2): Claude, Landscape with the Marriage of Isaac and Rebekah ('The Mill'), 1648. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (3): Claude, Landscape with the Marriage of Isaac and Rebekah ('The Mill'), 1648. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Small screen (4): Children using the Keeper of Paintings app in the Gallery, [2022], Photograph. Image source: Photo by Malcolm Park
Room 2
The following list details the content featured within the projection sequence in Room 2 of the NG Stories digital experience.
Rollback of images of the National Gallery over the years [from 2024 to 1824]
Room 9 at the National Gallery, London, 2023, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Room 12 at the National Gallery, London, 2017, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Room 35 at the National Gallery, London, 2015, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Lower Galleries at the National Gallery, London, 2014, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Room 34 at the National Gallery, London, 2012, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Lower Galleries at the National Gallery, London, 2010, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Sainsbury wing at the National Gallery, London, 1991, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Room 3 at the National Gallery, London, 1989, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Room 9 at the National Gallery, London, 1988, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Room 32 at the National Gallery, London, 1981, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Room 8 at the National Gallery, London, [1977], Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Room 32 at the National Gallery, London, [exact date unknown], Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Visitor in the Galleries at National Gallery, London, 1968, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Room 12 at the National Gallery, London, 1956, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Room 29 at the National Gallery, London, 1950, Photograph. Image source: Photo by The Ministry of Works/The National Gallery, London
Room 1 at the National Gallery, London, 1948, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
The first Picture of the Month display in the vestibule at the National Gallery, London, 1942, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Duveen Room at the National Gallery, London, 1932, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Duveen Room at the National Gallery, London, c.1930, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Copyists in the Gallery, 1928, Photograph. Image source: Photopress/The National Gallery, London
Room 26 at the National Gallery, London, 1924, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Vestibule at the National Gallery, London, [exact date unknown], Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Room 36 at the National Gallery, London, 1923, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Room 12 at the National Gallery, London, 1923, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Turner Room at the National Gallery, London, 1907, Photograph. Image source: Photo: The National Gallery, London
Bertha Mary Garnett, A Corner of The Turner Room in the National Gallery, 1883. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Exhibition of William Turner's paintings in the National Gallery, London, circa 1903, Photograph. Image source: Photo by The Print Collector/Getty Images
Giuseppe Gabrielli, Room 32 in the National Gallery, London, 1886. Image source: Crown Copyright: UK Government Art Collection
Frederick Mackenzie, The National Gallery when at Mr J. J. Angerstein's House, Pall Mall, made between 1824 and 1834. Image source: Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Before there was a National Gallery, London [1824]
Unknown artist, Map of Italy, 2012, illustration. Image source: THEPALMER/Getty Images
John Hoppner, Sir George Beaumont, 1803. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Juan de Villanueva, Gabinete de Historia Natural, later Museo del Prado, 1785, Drawing and watercolour. Image source: Courtesy of Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando
The Grand Gallery of the Louvre. Artist: Robert, Hubert (1733-1808), 1808. Image source: Photo by Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images
Sir Thomas Lawrence, John Julius Angerstein, aged about 55, about 1790. Image source: The National Gallery, London
A selection of the 38 pictures acquired for the nation from the collection of John Julius Angerstein. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Claude, Seaport with the Embarkation of Saint Ursula, 1641. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Frederick Mackenzie, The National Gallery when at Mr J. J. Angerstein's House, Pall Mall, made between 1824 and 1834. Image source: Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Room 8 at the National Gallery, London, 2018, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
The Gallery’s first staff [1824]
Sir Thomas Lawrence, Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool, exhibited 1827. Image source: National Portrait Gallery, London
Treasury letter appointing Trustees of the National Gallery, 2 July 1824, National Gallery Archives. Image source: The National Gallery, London
John Jackson, William Seguier, 1830. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Letter from the Treasury to William Seguier, appointing him as the first Keeper and explaining his duties, 31 March 1824, National Gallery Archives. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Letter appointing Martha Hirst as the Gallery's first housemaid, 28 April 1824, National Gallery Archives. Image source: The National Gallery, London
National Gallery Bicentenary staff photograph, 2024. Image source: The National Gallery, London
From 100 Pall Mall to the building at Trafalgar Square (Wilkins Building) [1831-38]
A selection of the 38 pictures acquired for the nation from the collection of John Julius Angerstein and the pictures gifted to the nation by Sir George Beaumont. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Charles Joseph Hullmandel, The Louvre or the National Gallery of France; No.100 Pall Mall or the National Gallery of England, probably before 1838, Lithograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
John Maurer, View of the royal stables in the King's Mews, Charing Cross, Westminster, London, 1753, Illustration. Image source: Photo by Guildhall Library & Art Gallery/Heritage Images/Getty Images
William Wilkins, National Gallery: First Building. Section and elevation of iron railings and curb stone etc on front and side of National Gallery, 1833, Architectural Drawing. Image source: The National Archives, London
William Wilkins, National Gallery, Art and Science Buildings, Octagonal Turrets, Detail, 1833, Architectural Drawing. Image source: The National Archives, London
William Wilkins, National Gallery, Council Room, details, 1833, Architectural Drawing. Image source: The National Archives, London
William Wilkins, National Gallery, Doors within the Portico, 1833, Architectural Drawing. Image source: The National Archives, London
William Wilkins, National Gallery, Cornices to Galleries etc, 1833, Architectural Drawing. Image source: The National Archives, London
Architectural features of the Wilkins Building, 2009-2023, Photographs. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Mr Thompson, A New Map of London and its environs, from an Original Survey extending 8 Miles East and West, 61/4 Miles North & South in which all new and intended buildings, improvements &c are carefully inserted /Drawn by Mr. Thompson, 35 St. Martin's Lane, Charing Cross; ... Published May 9th. 1822 by Reeves & Hoare, 13 Little Queen Street, Lincoln's Inn Fields, & 45 Kirby St. Hatton Garden, 1822, Illustration. Image source: The London Archives (City of London Corporation)
The National Gallery and Trafalgar Square – over the years
Tom Whitehead, Trafalgar Sq. and The National Gallery, c.1920s/30s, Etching. Image source: Image courtesy of Hester Thomas and Calderdale Museums
The National Gallery in Trafalgar Square, London. The church of St Martin-in-the-Fields is in the background, c.1892, Photograph. Image source: Photo by London Stereoscopic Company/Hulton Archive/Getty Images
The renovation of the central dome of the National Gallery on Trafalgar Square, London, 12 June 1985, Photograph. Image source: Photo by Stuart Nicol/Express/Hulton Archive/Getty Images
Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee procession passes the National Gallery, Trafalgar Square, London, 22 June 1897, Photograph. Image source: Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images
High-angle view of a mass of demonstrators, filling Trafalgar Square near the National Gallery on a sunny day, protesting the United States' involvement in the Vietnam War, London, England, 1967, Photograph. Image source: Photo by Stuart Lutz/Gado/Getty Images
Two boys playing by a fountain in Trafalgar Square, with the National Gallery in the background, c.1900, Photograph. Image source: Photo by F. J. Mortimer/Hulton Archive/Getty Images
People sitting in Trafalgar Square, with the National Gallery in the background, 1971, Photograph. Image source: Photo by Jurgen Schadeberg/Getty Images
Summer on the Square, 2024, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Rooms of the National Gallery, London – over the years
Room 16 at the National Gallery, London, 1923, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Room 7 at the National Gallery, London, 1920, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Barry Room and Room 34 at the National Gallery, London, 2005, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Room 7 at the National Gallery, London, 1929, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Barry Room at the National Gallery, London, [exact date unknown], Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Room 32 at the National Gallery, London, 1990, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Room 36 at the National Gallery, London, 2008, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London/Scanderbeg Sauer Photography
Room 32 at the National Gallery, London, 1991, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Room 36 at the National Gallery, London, 2020, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Room 32 at the National Gallery, London, 2020, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Sir Charles Lock Eastlake – the Gallery’s first Director [1855]
Portrait of Sir Charles Lock Eastlake (1793-1865), 1878, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Photographs of illustrations from the travel diaries of Sir Charles Eastlake, 2006/2009, Photographs. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Paintings from the national collection acquired during Eastlake's directorship. Image source: The National Gallery, London
A selection of Eastlake books on a shelf in The Libraries and Archive Store, 2013, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Footage featuring ‘Noli me Tangere’, probably by Jacopo di Cione (about 1368-70), in the Conservation Department of the the National Gallery from 'HOSPITAL FOR OLD MASTERS', 1968. Source: British Pathé
Footage of the National Gallery's Head of Conservation and Keeper, Larry Keith, removing 75 years’ worth of discoloured varnish from Rubens’s 'Het Steen' from a National Gallery Youtube video: 'Cleaning Rubens's 'Het Steen'', 2020. Source: The National Gallery, London
The Gallery’s largest ever gift of works of art – Joseph Mallord William Turner
Front cover of a copy of Joseph Mallord William Turner's Will, c.1850s, National Gallery Archive. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Joseph Mallord William Turner, Self-Portrait, c.1799. Image source: Tate
French painter Claude Lorrain (1600 - 1682), c.1630, Photograph. Image source: Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images
Joseph Mallord William Turner, Dido building Carthage, or The Rise of the Carthaginian Empire, 1815. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Claude, Seaport with the Embarkation of the Queen of Sheba, 1648. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Bertha Mary Garnett, A Corner of The Turner Room in the National Gallery, 1883. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Exhibition of William Turner's paintings in the National Gallery, London, c.1903, Photograph. Image source: Photo by The Print Collector/Getty Images
Public Appeals
Protestors from the Courtauld Institute of Art march beneath a banner bearing an image of 'The Death of Actaeon' by Titian, during a 'Save the Titian' demonstration, which saw them march from Portman Square to Piccadilly Circus, the Piccadilly Arcade visible in the background, London, England, 26 February 1971, Photograph. Image source: Photo by Frank Barratt/Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images
Visitors inspecting the 'The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne and Saint John the Baptist' (also known as 'The Burlington House Cartoon'), a preparatory drawing by Leonardo da Vinci, on display at the National Gallery in London, England, 31 March 1962, Photograph. Image source: Photo by Evening Standard/Hulton Archive/Getty Images
Leonardo da Vinci, The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne and the Infant Saint John the Baptist ('The Burlington House Cartoon'), about 1506-1508. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Wartime [1939-45]
Bomb damage to Room 26 (National Gallery, London) during the Second World War, 1940, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Bomb damage to Room 6 (National Gallery, London) during the Second World War, 1940, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Bomb damage to Room 26 (National Gallery, London) during the Second World War, 1940, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Art historian Sir Kenneth Clark (1803-1983), Chairman of the Arts Council of Great Britain and broadcaster, 1953, Photograph. Image source: Photo by Baron/Hulton Archive/Getty Images
Director's Broadcast Transcription by Sir Kenneth Clark for the Empire Programme regarding Dame Myra Hess's proposal to hold concerts in the Gallery during WWII, 1939, National Gallery Archives. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Footage of the National Gallery wartime concerts, featuring pianist Dame Myra Hess, from 'London wartime concert', 1942. Source: British Film Institute/via Getty Images
Room 37 at the National Gallery, London, 2008, Photograph. Image source: Scanderbeg Sauer Photography/The National Gallery, London
Room 36 at the National Gallery, London, 2008, Photograph. Image source: Scanderbeg Sauer Photography/The National Gallery, London
The national collection at Manod Quarry, Wales
Art treasures from the National Gallery are moved to Manod Quarry slate caverns in Merionethshire, Wales, for safekeeping during World War II, September 1942, Photograph. Image source: Photo by Fred Ramage/Keystone Features/Hulton Archive/Getty Images
GWR container arriving at Manod quarry in 1941 during WWII, original photo GWR, 2008, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Crates of art treasures being stored in Manod caves, Wales, September 1942, Photograph. Image source: Photo by Fred Ramage/Keystone Features/Hulton Archive/Getty Images
Art treasures from the National Gallery are moved to Manod Quarry slate caverns in Merionethshire, Wales, for safekeeping during World War II, the caves are supplied with electricity and air conditioning, September 1942, Photograph. Image source: Photo by Fred Ramage/Keystone Features/Hulton Archive/Getty Images
Art treasures from the National Gallery are moved to Manod Quarry slate caverns in Merionethshire, Wales, for safekeeping during World War II, September 1942, Photograph. Image source: Photo by Fred Ramage/Keystone Features/Hulton Archive/Getty Images
Art treasures from the National Gallery are moved to Manod Quarry slate caverns in Merionethshire, Wales, for safekeeping during World War II, here, a painting is brought in a sealed container from the underground storeroom to the restoring studio, September 1942, Photograph. Image source: Photo by Fred Ramage/Keystone Features/Hulton Archive/Getty Images
Art treasures from the National Gallery are moved to Manod Quarry slate caverns in Merionethshire, Wales, for safekeeping during World War II, Mr G. Wilkinson checks the air conditioning in the caves, September 1942, Photograph. Image source: Photo by Fred Ramage/Keystone Features/Hulton Archive/Getty Images
Engineer in charge J.R. Jones takes a reading of the relative humidity in a subterranean chamber at Manod Quarry, north Wales, where paintings from the National Gallery have been moved for safe keeping during wartime, September 1942, Photograph. Image source: Photo by Fred Ramage/Keystone Features/Hulton Archive/Getty Images
Art treasures from the National Gallery are moved to Manod Quarry slate caverns in Merionethshire, Wales, for safekeeping during World War II, ledgers with details of the artworks are also stored in the mountain hideaway, September 1942, Photograph. Image Source: Photo by Fred Ramage/Keystone Features/Hulton Archive/Getty Images
Paintings are taken out of storage and hung up in the main hall for routine inspection at an underground facility at Manod Quarry, north Wales, where paintings from the National Gallery have been moved for wartime safe keeping, September 1942, Photograph. Image source: Photo by Fred Ramage/Keystone Features/Hulton Archive/Getty Images
Art treasures from the National Gallery are moved to Manod Quarry slate caverns in Merionethshire, Wales, for safekeeping during World War II, there, a huge painting of Cardinal Richelieu by Philippe de Champaigne is brought out for inspection by art experts, September 1942, Photograph. Image source: Photo by Fred Ramage/Keystone Features/Hulton Archive/Getty Images
Art restorer W.A. Holder working on 'A Sporting Contest on the Tiber at Rome' by Joseph Vernet in a studio at Manod Quarry, north Wales, where paintings from the National Gallery have been moved for wartime safe keeping, September 1942, Photograph. Image source: Photo by Fred Ramage/Keystone Features/Hulton Archive/Getty Images
The National Gallery’s Scientific Department
Technical images of Leonardo da Vinci's Virgin of the Rocks, about 1491/2-9 and 1506-8: including images produced using traditional imaging methods (infrared, visible light, ultraviolet light and X-ray), images produced by Macro X-ray fluorescence scanning and paint cross-sections, National Gallery Scientific Department. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Scientific Department, 1949, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Technical examination of 'A Young Woman standing at a Virginal' by Johannes Vermeer (about 1670-2), 2013, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Gas Chromatography Equipment in the Scientific Department, 1968, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Scientist using software for dye analysis, 2008, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Joyce Plesters in the Scientific department analysing pigments in paint samples with the Zeiss Laser Microspectral Analyser, 1977, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Scientist operating the Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM), 2008, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Scientific Office, 1968, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Examination of a paint cross-section using the Bruker ATR-FTIR (Hyperion 3000), 2013, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Scientific Department, 1949, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Using the Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM), 2010, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Artists inspiring Artists
Copyists in the Gallery, 1928, Photograph. Image source: Photopress/The National Gallery, London
Copyists in the Gallery, 1928, Photograph. Image source: Photopress/The National Gallery, London
Portrait of the first Artist-in-Residence Maggi Hambling in her studio, 1980, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London
Footage from a National Gallery Youtube video: ‘What it's like to sit for a famous artist like Paula Rego’, 2023. Source: The National Gallery, London
Footage of Artist-in-Residence Ali Cherri from a National Gallery Youtube video: ‘Ali Cherri: If you prick us, do we not bleed?’, 2021. Source: The National Gallery, London
Footage of Associate Artist George Shaw from a National Gallery Youtube video: ‘George Shaw: Humbrol enamel paints’, 2016. Source: The National Gallery, London
Footage featuring National Gallery Contemporary Fellow Nalini Malani from a National Gallery Youtube video: ‘Nalini Malani: My Reality is Different’, 2023. Source: The National Gallery, London
Footage featuring the National Gallery’s 2023 Artist-in-Residence Céline Condorelli from a National Gallery Youtube video: ‘Céline Condorelli: Pentimenti (The Corrections)’, 2023. Source: The National Gallery, London
Carousel of video clips including content from the National Gallery's Social Media channels, content by Love Ssega and footage featuring National Gallery Director Gabriele Finaldi. Source: The National Gallery, London
Footage featuring a recording of the NG200 Big Birthday Late Light Show, 2024. Source: The National Gallery, London