Bristol Gallery still hoping to bring missing Turner painting 'home' after it appeared in London View Image

A leading figure at Bristol Museum & Art Gallery says she is still hopeful of eventually ‘bringing Turner home’ after a painting that captured the city’s imagination finally went on public display – in London.

The gallery ran a crowdfunding campaign in an attempt purchase a painting of Hotwells by legendary artist JMW Turner when it went up for auction in July, having been missing for over 150 years. The public contributed more than £109,000 through over 1,700 donations, which allowed the gallery to submit a 'substantial bid'.

However, an eye-watering offer of £1.87m secured The Rising Squall for a private collector. The money raised by the council-run gallery was later retu

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