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The British Institution was a private 19th-century society in London formed to exhibit the works of living and dead artists; it was also known as the Pall Mall Picture Galleries or the British Gallery
The British Institution building from a wood-engraving in London (1851) edited by Charles Knight
Portrait of William Seguier, the first Superintendent, in 1830 by John Jackson
Collapse of the Earl of Chatham in the House of Lords, 7 July 1778 by John Singleton Copley; exhibited in the first exhibition, although over 20 years old.
Vision of Saint Jerome by Parmigianino, bought in 1823 for £3,302 for presentation to the National Gallery
Sir George Howland Beaumont, 7th Baronet was a British art patron and amateur painter. He played a crucial part in the creation of London's National Gallery by making the first bequest of paintings to
British Institution
…an annual ground rent of £125. The British Institution opened at the Pall Mall site on 18 January 1806. The founding "Hereditory Governors" included Sir George Beaumont, 7th Baronet and Charles Long, 1st Baron Farnborough, both of whom had employed the services of the leading dealer and picture-cleaner William Seguier, and were…
Portrait by Sir Thomas Lawrence
Landscape with Hagar and the Angel (Claude, 1646), Beaumont's favourite painting
Conway Castle (Beaumont, 1809)
Taddei Tondo (Michelangelo, c. 1504–5)