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National Gallery.- Young (John) A Catalogue of the Celebrated Collection of Pictures of the late John Julius Angerstein, Esq., text in English and French, half-titles, contemporary half calf, a little worn, 1823 § National Gallery of Pictures by the Great Masters (The), Presented by Individuals or Purchased by Grant of Parliament, 2 vol., engraved frontispiece of the new gallery by William Wilkins engraved decorative titles and plates, some foxing, contemporary half morocco, spines gilt, [c.1840] § Landseer (John) A Descriptive, Explanatory, and Critical, Catalogue of Fifty of the Earliest Pictures contained in the National Gallery..., inscriptions to title, contemporary calf, spotted, spine faded, 1834 § Armstrong (Walter) The Peel Collection and the Dutch School of Painting, original cloth, spine faded, 1904 § National Gallery...Catalogue, Viscount Lee of Fareham's copy with his signature, contemporary half straight-grain morocco, by Rivière, spine slightly faded, 1925 § Brockwell (M.W.) The National Gallery: Lewis Bequest, original cloth, uncut, dust-jacket, 1909, plates and illustrations, rubbed; and a small quantity of others on the National Gallery, 4to & 8vo (c.50) ⁂ John Julius Angerstein (1735-93) was a London businessman, collector and patron of the arts. When he died his collection of thirty-eight pictures was bought for the nation (for approximately £60,000) and formed the basis of the National Gallery, founded in 1824 and first situated in Angerstein's house at 100 Pall Mall. It included Rubens' Rape of the Sabine Women, Claude's Embarkation of the Queen of Sheba, Rembrandt's Woman taken in Adultery, and Sebastiano del Piombo's Raising of Lazarus which Angerstein had bought from the celebrated Orléans Collection in 1798 for 3500 guineas and which became item No.1 in the National Gallery Catalogue. Angerstein's house soon became too small and the present gallery designed by William Wilkins was built from 1832-38.