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The collection consists of about 4,000 works, of which around 250 are on display at any one time. Many of the paintings are of London themes. There is also a significant collection of Victorian Era art, including Pre-Raphaelite s, which features paintings by artists such as John Everett Millais and Edwin Landseer , and a view of Salisbury Cathedral by John Constable . The centrepiece of the largest gallery is John Singleton Copley 's huge painting ''The Defeat of the Floating Batteries at Gibraltar''.

The Guildhall complex was built on the site of London's Roman Ampitheatre , and some of the remains of this are displayed in situ in a room in the basement of the art gallery.


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