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A sleeper awakes: how a painting sold for £100 turned out to be a Turner
Of his Welsh trip in the summer of 1795, he noted in his sketchbook that he set off from Wells in Somerset, and visited Picton Castle just before St Davids. From Haverfordwest, Turner travelled ...
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Old watercolour painting bought for £100 is revealed as a work by Turner worth £30,000 - after hanging unnoticed on a dining room wall for 30 years
They then found a similar work by Turner online in the South Wales Sketchbook, although this was less developed and paid a visit to St David's Cathedral. However, it remained difficult to decipher ...