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Antiques Roadshow expert gobsmacked by how woman obtained valuable art for free
Antiques Roadshow expert could scarcely believe it when a guest told of how she came to possess a valuable painting without spending a penny.In Sunday's episode of the BBC One show (May 23) art expert Rupert Maas was thrilled to be presented with an original portrait by Thomas Cooper Gotch, an artist sometimes associated with the pre-Raphaelite movement.The rare watercolour depicted a woman sitting in profile and wearing a white blouse, hooped earring, and a plait of dark hair trailing down her neck.Rupert ask the woman who owned the painting how she came to own it and was very surprised with her answer.It turned her mum had got the masterpiece for free from a private children's hospital where she used to work when it was converted into an
