The Repair Shop: 'Exceptional' Charles II portrait restored on TV show
BBC News Published image copyrightPlank/BBC image captionLiz Vella had been urged by her son Dylan to get the picture restored on the TV show A woman who inherited a painting of Charles II was stunned to find out it was one of the earliest-ever paintings of the monarch. Liz Vella, from Tewkesbury in Gloucestershire, took the dirty artwork to experts on BBC show The Repair Shop. As it was restored, it emerged the painting was from the late 1600s and was of historical significance. Painting conservator Lucia Scalisi said the portrait and its condition after so long was "quite exceptional".
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