Buckingham Palace Picture Gallery Reopens with 120 Masterworks in Major Summer Redisplay
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Buckingham Palace's Picture Gallery reopens with its most significant re-display in a generation, increasing the number of paintings on show from 63 to 120 masterworks. The gallery, originally designed by John Nash for George IV, features new emerald green silk wall hangings, updated lighting, and a hang that took 875 hours to complete. The summer opening offers visitors a substantially transformed viewing experience of the royal collection.
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· 3 pulledThe Picture Gallery at Buckingham Palace reopens this week with its most significant re-display in a generation.
Visitors will find almost double the number of paintings on show, the total rising from 63 to 120, with new silk wall hangings in emerald green, updated lighting and a hang that took 875 hours to complete.
John Nash originally designed the gallery as part of George IV's transformation of Buckingham House into a palace, specifically to showcase the king's extraordinary collection of paintings.
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