Thousands of historical paintings appear online

Name: Thousands of historical paintings appear online
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Description: More than 200,000 works of art - including paintings depicting historical London scenes - have been brought together online, to view on the internet.

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More than 200,000 works of art - including paintings depicting historical London scenes - have been brought together online, to view on the internet.

Matthew Morris spoke to Foundling Museum director Caro Howell.

The paintings can be viewed at the BBC Your Paintings website.

London

6 February 2013