Westminster artist's reputation 'sullied by London grime'

Conservators unearth truth about Daniel Maclise, whose status was sullied when his murals turned murkyAlmost 150 years after he died, ending his life exhausted and depressed at apparent failure, the Irish artist Daniel Maclise has been vindicated: it was London filth, not his technique, which tarnished his reputation and the surface of his two masterpieces, the biggest paintings in the Palace of Westminster. Related: Relief for Dickens museum as experts say portrait of writer's wife is genuine Continue reading...