| Place | Type | AsNotedIn | Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Place | Type | AsNotedIn | Area |
| Statue Of James II In Front Of National Gallery West Wing |
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
| 1856/09/20 | Truman O Angell | Visitor | Truman O Angell visits the National Gallery in London but he was not impressed | Truman O Angell's Tour of British Isles | ||
| 1919/00/00 | Harry MacElhone | Barman | Originally using creme de menthe, Harry MacElhone creates "White Lady" at Ciro's Club in London. Clement Hobson opened Ciro's London in Orange Street, behind the National Gallery, in May 1915 as a private club. | White Lady | ||
| 1941/00/00 | Henry Moore | Artist | A terrifying vista of recumbent shapes, "Tube Shelter Perspective" by Henry Moore, is exhibited at the National Gallery. | Tube Shelter Perspective (Moore) | ||
| 1990/00/00 | Hisham Matar | Life | Hisham Matar becomes fascinated with Sienese School of Painting from the 13, 14 and 15 centuries, visiting the National Gallery on his lunch break and standing in front one painting for most of the hour. Choosing a different picture every week. | A Month In Siena (book) |
| Particulars for National Gallery: | |
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| Area of Significance | Art |
| Data | |
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| English National Heritage List: | 1066236 |
| Work | Type | AsNotedIn | Creator | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leda and the Swan (poem) | Poem | William Butler Yeats | Yeats may have been inspired by the 'Leda and the Swan' painting at National Gallery. |
By
A sudden blow: the great wings beating still
Above the staggering girl, her thighs caressed
By the dark webs, her nape caught in his bill,
He holds her helpless breast upon his breast.
How can those terrified vague fingers push
The feathered glory from her loosening thighs?
And how can body, laid in that white rush,
But feel the strange heart beating where it lies?
A shudder in the loins engenders there
The broken wall, the burning roof and tower
And Agamemnon dead.
Being so caught up,
So mastered by the brute blood of the air,
Did she put on his knowledge with his power
Before the indifferent beak could let her drop?
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