Shock As Snowdon Bought For £300,000
The highest peak in North Wales is sold to protect it from the Americans
Posted: 11 January 2002
by Jon
No, not the mountain...
It's a painting of Snowdon by Thomas Girtin, an 10th Century water
colourist which has been bought by the National
Museum and Gallery of Wales in Cardiff for £300,000 and goes
on show today.
The painting, evocatively titled 'A Grand View of Snowdon' was
saved from an ignominious life in the US after culture minister Tessa
Blackstone imposed an export
ban last month. Girtin, who we've never heard of, was reckoned to
be the only serious rival to JMW Turner, who we think we have.
And there ends the culture lesson for today. We'd like to show you
what a £300,000 water colour of Snowdon looks like, but we can't
find it. Sorry.
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