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Page 13 - ... some particular parts of the buildings, may produce an effect which cannot be even suggested by a drawing. The following statistics are from the official account : The buildings cover in the whole more than 26 acres. The principal picture gallery, which Is in Cromwell road, is 1,150 feet long, 50 feet wide, and 50 feet high above the ground-floor ; being about as long as the gallery at the Louvre in Paris. The construction of this is of brickwork. The walls are lined with wood, and pictures may...