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More than 5000 entries on the history, culture and life of Britain (published in 1993 by Macmillan, now out of print)
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National Gallery of Scotland
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(Edinburgh) Collection of European art, from the 14C to the late 19C, housed on the Mound in a classical building of the 1850s by William Henry Playfair (1790–1857); it was opened to the public in 1859. Among the best known of the gallery's masterpieces are Gerard David's triptych Three Legends of St Nicholas, Velasquez' An Old Woman Cooking Eggs, Van Dyck's The Lomellini Family, Rembrandt's A Woman in Bed, Gainsborough's The Hon. Mrs Graham, Degas' Portrait of Diego Martelli and Gauguin's The Vision after the Sermon.
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Two of the most popular images are in the Scottish collection, *Raeburn's informal glimpse of a skating clergyman and *Ramsay's portrait of his wife. Since 1946 a magnificent group of paintings has been on long-term loan from successive dukes of Sutherland; they include five Titians, three Raphaels and a set of seven sacraments by Poussin. On loan since 1912 from the royal collection is the Trinity Altarpiece by Hugo van der Goes.
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