Cleaning Ramsay's Wills Hill

April 9 2025

Picture: Historical Royal Palaces via. Instagram

Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:

I'm a little late to this video published by the Historic Royal Palaces on Instagram last month showing the cleaning of Alan Ramsay's Portrait of Wills Hill, 1st Earl Hillsborough. The painting was acquired by Hillsborough Castle last year as part of the Acceptance in Lieu Scheme for £158,100.

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