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If you live in the Countryside most of the time like I do, you are completely thirsty for cultural events and social life. Galleries and museums offer time to see how other creatives work. To show how people in a gallery and museum enjoy the peace and quiet and take time to look back into the past. The National Portrait Gallery in London is an art gallery in London housing a collection of portraits of historically important and famous British people. It is located in St Martin's Place, off Trafalgar Square. The gallery was founded in 1856 and holds the most extensive collection of portraits in the world. It is a popular tourist attraction and a significant cultural institution in the UK.  The House of Commons, 1833 By Sir George Hayter This panoramic painting depicts the first session of the newly elected House of Commons, after the Reform Act was passed in 1832. At the front are key figures from the House of Lords: including the Prime Minister Earl Grey, who delivered the act, and his predecessor, the Duke of Wellington, who opposed the legislation. The Reform Act was a foundational moment for British democracy. It extended the vote to a larger number of men and recast electoral boundaries to encompass new industrial towns. However, only men could vote or stand for Parliament at that time, as seen in this picture Unable to sell this enormous painting, the artist, George Hayter, seen in the right-hand corner, eventually persuaded the government to buy it for the newly founded National Portrait Gallery. 
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Those who have been growing used to the absurd will feel at ease in these times of ours.....
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