Export bar placed on first eyewitness painting of Niagara Falls

Culture secretary Ed Vaizey moves to prevent Capt Thomas Davies’s 1762 watercolour from leaving UK in hope British buyer can be foundAn 18th-century watercolour which is the first known eyewitness painting of Niagara Falls has been temporarily prevented from leaving the UK.The culture minister, Ed Vaizey, has placed an export bar on the 1762 topographical study by the British military artist Capt Thomas Davies in the hope that a UK buyer with £151,800 can be found. Continue reading..