Portfolio Category: Art Walks

Mosaic at National Gallery Entrance

1895 “Inscription on entrance to the National Portrait Gallery" There are several mosaics that you will see at the National Portrait Gallery in London on our Art Walks. These include: West Vestibule (The Labours of Life) 1928. East Vestibule (The Pleasures of Life) 1929 Half-way Landing (The Awakening of the Muses) 1933 North Landing (The…
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Mosaic at the National Portait Gallery

Wonderful mosaic as you enter the National Portrait Gallery in London. This is the mosaic inset that you will see before entering the Gallery on the Charing Cross Road entrance. A mosaic is a design made by arranging small pieces of glass, ceramic, or other types of suitable materials into a pattern and then setting…
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