The queues to get on the London Eye were formidable, so we decided to not bother. This was an excellent decision as we found a much better way to view London from on-high later in the day. Our first stop was the National Gallery. We spent several hours enjoying the paintings. Lanie got quite excited about seeing pictures she’d only seen before as prints. I was particularly impressed with one of the Turner’s. Most of the pictures I’ve seen of this painting show it as dull and insipid. The picture as it is shown here is much closer to the painting I saw at the National Gallery in 2014.
It was so vibrant and ‘glowing’ it startled me. I’d often wondered what the fuss was about this painting, now I knew. The prints I had seen just did not do it justice. Link: an interesting article on this painting from the BBC.
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