Countdown to Introducing our 'star' object for . Oil painting 'A Village Choir' by Thomas Webster, 1847. Snapshot of rural life, similar to community Thomas Hardy grew up in. On loan from thanks to and . See it from 28 May.

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We would like to wish all our twitter followers a Happy Easter🐣 As it is and also here is a painting by of his pet ‘Juno' 🐇#Easter https://t.co/ESe8EHMN7m

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