The Main Vestibule, just beyond the Portico entrance, leads up the stairs to Central Hall, Room 1 and the galleries on the main floor. Boris Anrep's mosaics were added in the 1920s and 30s, depicting leading figures of the day as characters from mythology.
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Image: Detail of marble mosaic floor by Boris Anrep, depicting Prime Minister Winston Churchill as 'Defiance'
Main Vestibule
Paintings in this room
![Charles Long, 1st Baron Farnborough](/media/33783/n-2786-00-000013-hd.jpg?cc=0,0.011763161349612708,0,0.23203360903242745&width=576&height=576&v=1d6544111c048f0&bgcolor=fff)
Dated 1836, this is a replica of the marble bust of Charles Long, 1st Baron Farnborough (1760–1838), commissioned in 1819 by the sitter’s father-in-law, Sir Abraham Hume. The original was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1820 and is now in the National Portrait Gallery, London. Who commissioned...
![Sir Paul Getty K.B.E., 1932 - 2003](/media/32255/h-0192-00-000009-hd.jpg?cc=0,0.023564064801178203,0,0.26951399116347569&width=576&height=576&v=1d653b4c4ad78d0&bgcolor=fff)
This bust was commissioned by the National Gallery to acknowledge Paul Getty’s £50 million donation to the institution. It sits inside the Portico Entrance and was designed to make a pair with Sir Francis Chantrey’s marble bust of 1836 depicting Charles Long, 1st Baron Farnborough, a Victorian po...