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Geoofrey Chaucer marble statue by Sir George Frampton at Guildhall Art Gallery in London Royalty Free Stock Photo

Geoofrey Chaucer marble statue by Sir George Frampton at Guildhall Art Gallery in London

The museum is located in the Moorgate area of the City of London. It is a stone building in a semi-Gothic style intended to be sympathetic to the historic Guildhall, which is adjacent and to which it is connected internally. The City of London Corporation had commissioned and collected portraits since 1670, originally to hang in the Guildhall. In the 19th and 20th centuries, the Corporation's art collections grew through gifts and bequests to include history paintings and other genres of art. This building was destroyed in The Blitz in 1941, resulting in the loss of 164 paintings, drawings, watercolours, and prints, and 20 sculptures.