Angerstein Collection

The Angerstein Collection comprises 38 paintings that were bought by the British government from the collection of John Julius Angerstein after his death in 1823. They became the first works held by the National Gallery, London, on its foundation in 1824, including the works now catalogued in its collection as NG1, NG2 and NG3, and others up to NG122. They were initially displayed at Angerstein's townhouse at 100 Pall Mall. Other early works acquired by the National Gallery include 16 paintings donated by Sir George Beaumont, 7th Baronet in 1826, and a bequest of 35 paintings by the Reverend William Holwell Carr by 1831. 
The collection includes many Old Master, including five by Claude Lorrain, four attributed to Annibale Carracci or his cousin Ludovico Carracci or their circle, three by or after Correggio, three by Anthony van Dyck, two by Titian or his workshop, two by Rembrandt, two by Gaspard Dughet, and two by Rubens, and single paintings by Aelbert Cuyp, Damiano Mazza, Raphael, Poussin, Sebastiano del Piombo, and Diego Velazquez. It also included several more modern paintings, including seven works by Hogarth including the complete series of six paintings of "Marriage A-la-Mode", and also one by Joshua Reynolds, and one by David Wilkie.