Joseph Surface Gallery

Joseph Surface Gallery .... gallery |ˈgalərē|
noun ( pl. -leries)
1 a room or building for the display or sale of works of art.
• a collection of pictures.
2 a balcony, esp. in a mine.

a platform or upper floor, projecting from the back or sidewall inside a church or hall, providing space for an audience or musicians.
• ( the gallery) the highest of such balconies in a theater, containing the cheapest seats.
• a group of spectators, esp. those at a golf tournament.
3 a long room or passage, typically one that is partly open at the side to form a portico or colonnade.
• a horizon

tal underground passage, esp. PHRASES
play to the gallery act in an exaggerated or theatrical manner, esp. to appeal to popular taste. ORIGIN late Middle English (sense 3) : via Old French from Italian galleria ‘gallery,’ formerly also ‘church porch,’ from medieval Latin galeria, perhaps an alteration of galilea (see galilee ).

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