The Duke in the Cupboard
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The story of the Duke in the Cupboard is both quirky and true: the theft, in 1961, of Goya's portrait of the Duke of Wellington from the National Gallery, not b…
The story of the Duke in the Cupboard is both quirky and true: the theft, in 1961, of Goya's portrait of the Duke of Wellington from the National Gallery, not by a gang of art thieves out to make a fortune for themselves but by an ordinary (but in some ways extraordinary) man of principle from Benwell in Newcastle.
His motivation? Disgust that the government would pay 140,000 to prevent a painting from being taken abroad but that pensioners had to pay the full 4 TV licence fee.
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