National Gallery, London

The National Gallery is an art gallery in London, located on the north side of Trafalgar Square. It holds the National Collection of Art from 1250 to 1900 (subsequent art from the National Collection is housed in Tate Modern). Some British art is included, but the National Collection of British art from this period is mainly in Tate Britain. The collection of 2,300 paintings belongs to the British public, and entry to the main collection is free, though there are charges for entry to special exhibitions.

Directors

• Sir Charles Lock Eastlake PRA PRA (1793 - 1865) Served: 2 July 1855 - 24 December 1865 (10 years, died in post)
• Sir William Boxall RA (1800 - 1879) Served: 13 February 1866 - 1874 (8 years)
• Sir Frederic William Burton (1816 - 1900) Served: 20 February 1874 - March 1894 (20 years)
• Sir Edward John Poynter Bt PRA (1836 - 1919) Served: April 1894 - 1904 (10 years)
• Sir Charles Holroyd (1861 - 1917) Served: 11 June 1906 - June 1916 (10 years)
• Sir Charles John Holmes (1868 - 1936) Served: 4 August 1916 - December 1928 (12 years)
• Sir Augustus Moore Daniel (1866 - 1950) Served: January 1929 - December 1933 (5 years)
• Sir Kenneth Mackenzie Clark (1903 - 1983) Served: January 1934 - December 1945 (11 years)
• Sir Philip Hendy (1900 - 1980) Served: January 1946 - December 1967 (22 years)
• Sir Martin Davies CBE Dlitt FBA FSA(1908 - 1975) Served: January 1968 - September 1973 (6 years)
• Sir Michael Vincent Levey MVO(1927 -) Served: October 1973 - December 1986 (13 years)
• Robert Neil MacGregor (1946 -) Served: January 1987 - May 2002 (15 years)
• Dr Charles Robert Saumarez Smith (1954-) Served: July 2002 -