Constable painting of Waterloo Bridge ‘transformed’ by conservation work
by Harriet Sherwood Arts and culture correspondent from World news | The Guardian on (#5YPM1)
National Trust puts artist's largest work on display at Anglesey Abbey in Cambridgeshire after removal of yellowed varnish
Layers of yellowed varnish have been painstakingly removed from a John Constable painting of Waterloo Bridge to reveal new detail of the early 19th-century Thames skyline and a bright blue sky.
The painting - the largest created by Constable - has been dramatically transformed by the conservation treatment", said Sarah Maisey, senior remedial conservator for paintings at the National Trust, which undertook the work.
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