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Keppel Island Painting for Falklands
Falkland Islanders have been presented with a valuable miniature water colour painting of Keppel Island in 1854, donated by the Honourable Alexandra Shackleton.
It was accepted on behalf of the Islands at a reception in the Falklands London office by the new Governor, Mr Howard Pearce.
Alexandra Shackleton explained how she spotted the picture at Christie's auction house in London and later bought it when she heard that Islanders would very much like it. As she handed it to the Governor, there was laughter when she remarked: "It is quite hard parting with it".
Thanking her for her "very generous gesture", Mr Pearce said: "It will be appreciated enormously in the Islands, particularly in the archives where it will have a very honoured place. It is wonderful to have in one's hands something that is associated with the very early history of the Falklands Islands".
Harold Briley, (MP) London
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