Edward Hawke Locker and the foundation of the National Gallery of Naval Art (c.1795-1845)
The National Gallery of Naval Art was situated within the Painted Hall at Greenwich Hospital from 1824 until 1936. This collection of British naval paintings, sculptures and nautical curiosities was one of the first ‘national’ collections to be acquired and exhibited for the general public, precedin...
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University of York
2013
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