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La Siesta Returns To Osborne

Nov 23rd, 2008 | By Sarah Carlin | Category: Arts, Citizen Media, Culture, History, Isle of Wight, News

A painting bought by Queen Victoria for £200 in 1841 and which hung in her dressing room at her home, Osborne House on the Isle of Wight, until her death in 1901, will now return to the very same room after 100 years. Thanks to The Island Friends of Royal Osborne and The Art Fund, La Siesta…