HC Deb 17 March 1876 vol 228 c170
MR. COOPE

asked the First Commissioner of Works, with a view to the reception of the works of art lately bequeathed to the Nation, Whether the galleries now in course of erection at the National Gallery are approaching completion?

MR. W. H. SMITH,

in reply, said, the new galleries were approaching completion very rapidly, and it was hoped that in the course of the present year the pictures bequeathed to the nation could be shown in the new building.

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