Bristol fundraiser to buy lost JMW Turner painting passes £100k
Source: BBC
A campaign to buy and exhibit JMW Turner's earliest known oil painting in a museum has raised more than £100,000 in five days.Bristol City Council, which owns Bristol Museum and Art Gallery, wants to buy The Rising Squall, which depicts the Avon Gorge before Clifton Suspension Bridge was built.Although the £100,000 target has been reached, the authority has said extra money will strengthen its bid when the piece…
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