National Trust puts artist’s largest work on display at Anglesey Abbey in Cambridgeshire after removal of yellowed varnish
Layers of yellowed varnish have been painstakingly removed from a John Constable painting of Waterloo Bridge to reveal new detail of the early 19th-century Thames skyline and a bright blue sky.
The painting – the largest created by Constable – “has been dramatically transformed by the conservation treatment”, said Sarah Maisey, senior remedial conservator for paintings at the National Trust, which undertook the work.
