Art Galleries, Glasgow

Original Vintage Card
  
Sale Price: $12.95
Original Price: $15.95

Stock #:665305
Type: Postcard
City: Glasgow
Country: Scotland
Publisher: Raphael Tuck & Sons
Size: 3.5" x 5.5" (9 x 14 cm)

Additional Details:
The Art Galleries are the chief architectural glory of Kelvingrove park, a well laid out area of 91 acres acquired by the by the corporation in 1852, and added to from time to time. They were erected in 1901 from the plans of Mr. John W Simpson and Mr. Milner Allan, at the cost of £250,000. The building is 448 feet long and 236 feet wide, the central tower rising to a height of 172 feet and in it are stored many famous art treasure.

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