If you're going to stay in London for some time, you can see many places of interest. If
you can stay longer, so much the better. If you are fond of arts, visit the National Gallery. The
National Picture Gallery is comparatively young. If you stand today in Trafalgar Square with
your back to Nelson's column, you'll see the National Gallery. It has been in this building
since 1838.
If you are interested in the history of English painting, you'll be curious to know the
following interesting fact. In 1777 one of the greatest private collections of pictures was
offered for sale. Some of the members of Parliament suggested this collection to be bought
and placed in a special gallery near the British Museum. But this suggestion found no support
in the House of Commons and the wonderful pictures were brought to Russia. If you want to
see these pictures, you can find them in the Gallery of Hermitage.
When you're in St. Petersburg, you can admire a great number of pictures by great
British painters: Hogarth, Constable, Turner, Gainsborough, Reynolds and so on.
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