28-03-2017 14:20 via theguardian.com

Gainsborough painting restored and rehung after 'drill-bit attack'

Mr and Mrs William Hallet (‘The Morning Walk’) returns to usual position in National Gallery in London 10 days after incidentOne of Thomas Gainsborough’s finest portrait paintings has been restored and reinstalled at the National Gallery 10 days after it was allegedly attacked by a man with a drill bit.The much-loved 1785 painting, Mr and Mrs William Hallett (‘The Morning Walk’), received two scratches of about 1-metre and 65cm long in the incident, which happened o
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