Petworth House masterpieces to go on display for first time

Exhibition to include works overlooked in 1950s when Egremont family’s collection was seized in lieu of inheritance taxMore than half a century ago experts including art historians from the National Gallery in London toured the attics of a house in West Sussex, looking at grimy family portraits, dusky landscapes and dim religious works, choosing the paintings the government would accept instead of cash to settle a huge inheritance tax bill. Some of the pictures ended up in the National Gal