J. M. W. Turner painting could challenge auction record for British work

One of the most important masterpieces by the great British painter J. M. W. Turner could be lost to public view when it appears on the market for the first time in 181 years.

Pope’s Villa at Twickenham goes on sale at Sotheby’s in London on July 9 with a starting price of £5 million, but is expected to approach or surpass the record of £17.7 million paid in 2006 for a...

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