Summary
IT WAS the T in the Park of its day, a medieval-style jousting tournament for a crowd of 100,000, complete with banquets, musicians and knights.
Now a last-ditch effort is under way to save 20 historic watercolours that recorded the event, laid on by the Earl of Eglinton in Ayrshire in 1839, The Scotsman has learned.See the full content of this document
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Race to Save 'Outstanding' Watercolours for Scotland
UK culture minister Barbara Follett has imposed an export bar on the paintings, after they were bought by a major US art institution....
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