now 25 sketches he drew as a young man have been discovered in the royal collection at windsor castleondent, rebecca jones reports. 0ne one of thomas gainsborough‘s most famous portraits, painted in 1870, he was the most important british artist of the second half of the 19th century, yet your visit early drawings were thought to have survived, until now. they have been undiscovered in this album on a sheu undiscovered in this album on a shelf here in the print room at windsor castle and they have been here for more than 100 years. in 1874, queen victoria wrote to the studio of edwin lancia asking for some of his drawings, he had died the previous year, and she then have these albums bound into this victorian finding and it has been kept here in the royal library at windsor castle since that time. so it's no wonder that the 25 chalk sketches inside the album were thought to be by lancia, and then the historian was sent a box of photographs of the drawings and she decided a big mistake had been made. i was looking at boxes and boxes of photographs and i thought i would have a look thro

now, 25 sketches he drew as a young man have been discovered in the royal collection at windsor castlebum, on a shelf here in the print room at windsor castle, for more than a hundred years. in 1874 queen victoria wrote to the studio of edwin landseer asking if she could have some of his drawings, he‘d died the previous year. and she was sent two albums of drawings, and she then had them bound up into this victorian binding, and it‘s been kept here in the royal library at windsor castle since that time. and so, perhaps, it‘s no wonder that the 25 chalk sketches inside the album were thought to be by landseer. and then the historian lindsay stainton was sent a box of photos of the drawings, and she decided a big mistake had been made. i was looking at boxes and boxes of photographs, and i thought, "oh, i'lljust have a look through these." and ijustjumped up from my chair, and said to myself, "good god, that's a study for cornard wood, and all these are early gainsborough drawings." and this sketch of cornard wood, near sudbury in suffolk, is the compelling evidence that proves the drawi

18th—century british painter thomas gainsborough has been discovered in the royal collection at windsor castlek express, amended timetable because of industrial action. 0n the roads, this is the scene in camden, where the high street is closed from the tube station to chalk farm, because of the fire we mentioned earlier. in new southgate, the a406 is down to one lane westbound, at bounds green road, because of a burst watermain. queues from edmonton. let's have a check on the weather now, with georgina burnett. good morning. some changeable weather for the week ahead, and a drop in temperatures from tomorrow. but today still feeling fairly humid, and the met office has a yellow warning in place, for heavy showers from 10:00am till 6:00pm. but it is not all doom and gloom. we do have some sunny spells around, in between those showers. in fact, for many of us, starting off the day it's looking largely dry and bright, with some sunshine. however, that cloud will increase through the day, and a few of these showers coming through. not all of us will see them, of course. temperatures, though, getti