Galleries Collection (page 6)

Moving Paintings for the Royal Academy Exhibition, London, 1
Engraving showing the scene within one of the Royal Academy of Arts galleries as the porters manoevre paintings prior to their hanging, 1887

Louvre, Antiques
Grande Salle Des Antiques

The British Museum, 1890
Engraving showing one of the galleries of the British Museum, 1890. Electric lighting had just been installed in the museum

Invitation by Madame Yevonde
A photograph originally seen at the International Exhibition of Professional Photography, held at the Princes Galleries in 1925 to mark the centenary of photography

Visting an Art Gallery
A Sunday afternoon in a Picture Gallery

War in the Air - RAF exhibition
Two artists seen colouring a large aerial photograph to be seen in an exhibition of the Royal Air Force at the Grafton Galleries in London

Family at Gallery
A German family contemplate a religious triptych

Louvre Sculpture Gallery
A sculpture gallery, with the Venus de Milo strategically placed at the far end

Royal Academy Private View
A private view: as much a social occasion as a cultural event

Royal Academy 1810
The hall of the Royal Academy, at this time housed in Somerset House; in 1837 it will move to Trafalgar Square, and finally in 1868 to Burlington House, Piccadilly

Social / Ra Show 1820
Fashionable art lovers attend an exhibition at the Royal Academy

Louvre Interior 1795
Visitors to the Louvre admire the large collection of oil paintings on display at the Salon du Louvre in 1785

France / Vittel Galeries
Vittel: the galleries

Royal Academy, 1840
A Private View of the Royal Academy annual exhibition : the walls are more crowded, the rooms less so, than today

Newgate Prison / Galleries
Originally the principal west gate of London, Newgate was the target of Elizabeth Frys efforts to improve prison conditions. The deserted Galleries

Vernon Gallery
Ladies and gentlemen looking with interest at the paintings of the Vernon Collection, housed then in the basement of the National Gallery, London

Queens Head, Southwark
Built in the early 1500s, this inn was later owned by John Harvard of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, who migrated to America and gave his name to Harvard University, MA

Trollopes Showroom
An impression of Trollopes West Halkin Street Galleries, Belgrave Square, London - furnishers to numerous nobility and gentry

Tate Gallery Postcard
The Tate Gallery, Millbank, London, opened in 1897 : the architect is Sidney R J Smith Junior, and Sir Henry Tate, the sugar refiner, paid for it out of his own pocket

The Louvre, Paris
At some stage someone thought of renaming the Louvre the Musee Napoleon - hence the caption. But we are in the Louvre, and heres the Venus de Milo to prove it

Louvre Staircase
Visitors climb the grand staircase - and what a nice surprise, they meet some friends !

First Louvre Show 1699
The first exhibition of paintings in the Louvre

LOUVRE SALON 1843 - 3
At the Salon exhibition, the pictures in the Salon carre are hung so high that some visitors bring spy-glasses to see them

LOUVRE SALON 1843 - 2
Visitors throng the Galerie de Sculpture at the Salon of 1843

Louvre Salon 1843
Visitors in the Salon Carre admire the entries for the Salon of 1843

Louvre, 18th Century
Perspective view of the Academie Royale of painting and sculpture in the Louvre - even with the ladder provided, visitors would have difficulty inspecting the highest items

Louvre, Salle Sauvageot
Visitors examining exhibits in the Salle Sauvageot

National Gallery Postcard
Horse-cabs and buses trot past the National Gallery in Trafalgar Square, London, with St Martins church in the background

Tate Entrance Hall
A policeman is the only visitor to the Tate Gallery, standing by potted plants where, one day, half a horse and suchlike masterpieces will be hung

Mona Lisa in 1929
There she is, the painting you ve come to see ! Roped off from sticky fingers, but not yet protected by bullet-proof glass from thieves and vandals

Rome / Colosseum 1891
in the galleries

Siege of Rhodes 304 Bc
SIEGE OF RHODES Demetrius Poliorcetes of Macedon fails to take Rhodes, despite these floating towers and galleries, and a settlement is negotiated

Girl Putting a Slype
GIRL PUTTING A SLYPE In low galleries, children crawl on hands and knees for 100 to 200 metres, hauling a slype holding up to 250 kg (from the official Report)

Mines : Trapper Boy
A TRAPPER BOY opens & closes doors in the galleries : Everything shows the life of the little trapper to be one of the most solitary and painful description

The National Gallery
The exterior of the National Gallery, Trafalgar Square, London, floodlit at night for dramtic effect

Tate Gallery
The Tate Britain, formerly known as the Tate Gallery, Millbank, London. It was commissioned in 1894 to be a national gallery of British art and opened in 1897

Royal Academy Visitors
A crowded scene of smartly- dressed men, women and children visiting the Royal Academy in London to look at and discuss the paintings

National Gallery 1900
The National Gallery in London, some ladies are looking at Turners pictures

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