Article 6216Y Portrait of tyrant Thomas Picton moved to side room in Welsh museum

Portrait of tyrant Thomas Picton moved to side room in Welsh museum

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Steven Morris
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For more than a century, the portrait of Thomas Picton hung in a prominent position at the National Museum Cardiff, the image's description hailing him as a military hero rather than a tyrant and a torturer, before it was removed from view in the wake of Black Lives Matter protests.

From Monday the two-metre-tall portrait of Lt Gen Picton is back on display in the Welsh capital - but in a very different context.

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