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London: Trafalgar Square and the National Gallery National Gallery, London Vincent van Gogh: A Wheatfield, with Cypresses Trafalgar Square, London, with the National Gallery in the background. The gallery was moved to its present location at the northern end of the square in 1838. Jan van Eyck: Portrait of a Man (Self-Portrait?)
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Date 1824 - present
Related People Charles Locke Eastlake • Philip Hendy • Sir Charles Lock Eastlake

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London: Trafalgar Square and the National Gallery
National Gallery, London
Vincent van Gogh: A Wheatfield, with Cypresses
Trafalgar Square, London, with the National Gallery in the background. The gallery was moved to its present location at the northern end of the square in 1838.
Jan van Eyck: Portrait of a Man (Self-Portrait?)
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