 "Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK)")
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Portraits to go on display for first time in 120 years ; Two paintings by the great English artist Thomas Gainsborough are to go on display at Dunster Castle in what will be their first public showing in more than 120 years.
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Two paintings by the great English artist Thomas Gainsborough are
to go on display at Dunster Castle in what will be their first
public showing in more than 120 years.
They feature two relatives of the Luttrell family who are linked
to the castle, near Minehead.
The pictures have been in a private collection and are on loan
for the season.
The portraits are of the Honourable George Somerville and his
daughter Ann on the day of her wedding to the Reverend Thomas
Fownes in 1764.
"It's as if two long lost relatives are returning to the halls of
the Luttrell Family," said John Wood, the castle's ...
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