John Julius Angerstein
English art collector and businessman (1735–1823) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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John Julius Angerstein (1735 – 22 January 1823)[1] was a London businessman and Lloyd's underwriter, a patron of the fine arts and a collector. It was the prospect that his collection of paintings was about to be sold by his estate in 1824 that suddenly galvanised the King, George IV, and the prime minister, Lord Liverpool, into purchasing his collection for the nation and led to the founding of the British National Gallery in Angerstein's house at 100 Pall Mall.[2]