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Title: Washington painting in NY gets new frame, touchup (AP)
Post by: riky on February 15, 2009, 09:52:33 PM
Washington painting in NY gets new frame, touchup
    (AP)

 


<p><img src="http://d.yimg.com/img.news.yahoo.com/util/anysize/130,http%3A%2F%2Fd.yimg.com%2Fa%2Fp%2Fap%2F20090215%2Fcapt.087791a85287477298037569227f4f39.washington_crosses_delaware_nyr101.jpg?v=2" align="left" height="75" width="130" alt="This picture provided by the Metropolitan Museum of Art shows the painting 'Washington Crossing the Delaware' by Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze.  It is one of the most iconic and enduring images in American art, dazzling visitors at the Metropolitan Museum of Art for more than a century. But the painting will be out of sight until 2011 as the artwork gets a touchup and an ornate new frame and its gallery undergoes a renovation. (AP Photo/Metropolitan Museum of Art)" border="0" /> (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090215/ap_on_en_ot/washington_crosses_delaware)AP - The iconic painting that depicts George Washington crossing the Delaware River is getting even more dazzling. The plain frame that held the room-size painting is being replaced with an ornate recreation of its original.</p><br clear="all"/>


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