The National Gallery of London

London's National Gallery is located in the City of Westminster in Trafalgar Square. The institution dates back to 1824, and it houses over two thousand paintings from the mid-13th century to the early period of the 20th century. The Gallery is a charity that is exempt from paying tax, and a non-departmental public institution under the Department for Digital, Culture, Media, and Sport.

The National Gallery was not formed through the nationalization of an existing royal or princely collection, as is the case with comparable museums in continental Europe. Approximately 38 paintings have been acquired by the British government from the heirs of John Julius Angerstein in 1824. A majority of the gallery's collection has come from private donations, two-thirds of which came from Charles Lock Eastlake, the gallery's first director.

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