If the National Gallery walls could talk, what stories do you think they would tell? One story you might not expect is that a family lived inside the building for 16 years. This was the family of Ralph Nicholson Wornum who worked as the Keeper at the National Gallery. Alongside his wife and children, they settled into family life in living quarters below the galleries. But what was it like living in the National Gallery?
A life full of exciting stories, paintings, meeting artists, living abroad, two marriages, 14 children, diaries, the Turner Bequest, Queen Victoria, and living at the National Gallery.
In the video, curator Susanna Avery-Quash, researcher Nick Smith, and Head of Learning and Programmes Karen Eslea discuss the life of Ralph Wornum, who served as the Keeper of the National Gallery between 1855-1877. He passed away while in this position.
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