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On the north side of Trafalgar, famous for its Admiral Nelson, its fountains and its hordes of pigeons, there stands a long, low building in classic style. This is the National Gallery, 1 contains Britain’s best-known collection of pictures. The collection was 2 in 1824, with the purchase of thirty-eight pictures that 3 Horgarth’s satirical series and Titian’s "Venus and Adonis".
The National Gallery is rich 4 paintings by Italian s such as Raphael and Veronese, and it contains pictures representative of all European schools of art. Many visitors are especially attracted to Leonardo da Vinci’s "Virgin of the Rocks".
On sunny days, students and 5 young people are often to be seen 6 a sandwich lunch on the portico (门廊) of the Gallery overlooking Trafalgar Square. 7 to the Gallery is free, as is the case 8 other British national galleries and museums, which are maintained by money voted by Parliament. Bequests of pictures have been made to the galleries, at times 9 a generous scale, by private individuals.
Just behind the National Gallery stands the National Portrait Gallery, in which the visitors can see portraits of British monarchs 10 the reign of Richards II (1377—1399), and of historical celebrities such as Chaucer, Shakespeare, and Cromwell. Many of the pictures are by well-known artists.