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Watercolour painting by George Heriot, c.1790
The Angerstein family occupied the house until
1870.
In the twentieth century it served as a convent,
an art gallery and the Greenwich Local History
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Woodlands was built between 1774 and 1776
for John Julius Angerstein, the financier
and art collector whose collection forms the
basis of the National Gallery.
The Architect was George Gibson, who is also
thought to have designed the Knoll.
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