William Powell Frith
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 LONDON – Those of us who live in the UK have all heard of the so-called postcode lottery, but the People’s Postcode Lottery was a new one on me. If I’ve understood it correctly, every month all players in one postcode area share at least £2 million if that area is drawn. Sounds good, […]
LONDON (AP) – A long-lost Victorian painting by William Powell Frith sold for 505,250 pounds ($782,680) at a London auction, Christie’s auction house said Thursday. The Derby Day is an early version of one of the era’s most famous pictures—Frith’s teeming, picaresque image of the crowds at an 1850s horse race, from a rich family […]
LONDON (AP) – A long-lost Victorian painting that hung in a family’s New England beach house for half a century could fetch 500,000 pounds ($800,000) when it is sold next month, Christie’s auction house said Tuesday. The Derby Day is an early version of one of the era’s most famous pictures—William Powell Frith’s teeming, picaresque […]