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Gallery 2: British Art 19th Century

Temporary Exhibition Space

Gallery 2 contains British Art from the nineteenth century.

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First floor

Object stories

A Bust of Albert Einstein © The Estate of Paul Nash/Tate, London 2003

A Bust of Albert Einstein

Self-Portrait with Patricia Preece, 1937

Self-Portrait with Patricia Preece

Shadowplay 2001 © Bridget Riley. All rights reserved courtesy Karsten Schubert, London

Shadowplay