Newspaper cutting of portrait purchase, 1982
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Newspaper cutting entitled 'Barbara's back home' recording Thamesdown Borough Council's purchase of a portrait of Barbara Villiers by Sir Peter Lely and its return to Lydiard Park.
The portrait had been sold by Vernon St.John, 6th Viscount Bolingbroke at Christies in 1943 following his departure from the family's ancestral home.
- Year:
- 1982
- Author:
- Swindon Evening Advertiser
- Type:
- Newspaper Cutting
- Location:
- Local Studies Library, Swindon
- Owner:
- Swindon Borough Council
- Reference:
- LYT 726
- Copyright:
- Local Studies Library, Swindon
- Last updated on:
- Wednesday 29th December 2021
