Fearless outpost of culture: London National Gallery - 195
© Museum of Victoria and Albert, London Frederick Mackenzie. National Gallery in Angertein's mansion on Pall Mall. 1824. Canvas, oil . . . On May 10, 1824, on behalf of King George IV, the UK parliament bought a collection of 28 paintings from the descendants of the banker John Julius Yulius Angenstein. The next day, in his mansion-house number 100 on Pall Mall Street-the National Gallery was opened.