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Anonymous donor saves painting for Wimpole Hall
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An 18th Century portrait has been returned to Wimpole Hall in Cambridgeshire, days before it was due to be sold at auction.

The Thomas Hudson artwork, believed to show Lady Elizabeth Yorke as a shepherdess, had been on loan to Wimpole for several decades.

The National Trust was offered it for sale, but could not find the funds.

However, an anonymous donor came forward and the painting has been rehung at Wimpole.

John Chu, senior curator for the National Trust, which owns Wimpole, said it was thought the portrait was commissioned in the late 1740s when Hudson was reaching the height of his success, painting aristocrats and celebrities in his London studio.