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The Oxhill News

July 2006

This months News

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Canaletto Paintings saved for the Nation

Compton Verney in Warwickshire has confirmed that a pair of historic paintings by the eighteenth- century master Antonio Canaletto, previously destined to leave Britain, have now been saved for public viewing  for the sum of £6 million.

View of the Grand Walk, Vauxhall Gardens and Interior of the Rotunda, Ranelagh, previously in private ownership, have been on display at Compton Verney from 20th June.

Ina Cole

 

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