Prince Charles backs plan to preserve paintings that show the world before photography by putting watercolours online A charity is aiming to scan and digitise tens of thousands of 'unique' paintings Watercolours are vulnerable to fading in daylight and can be easily damaged Prince Charles been made a patron of the new The Watercolour World charity
By Mary O'connor For The Daily Mail
Published: 23:23 GMT, 31 January 2019 | Updated: 02:06 GMT, 1 February 2019
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The Prince of Wales has backed plans to preserve rarely-seen watercolours that show the world before photography.
A charity aims to scan and digitise tens of thousands of ‘unique and utterly irreplaceable’ paintings from a 150-year period and present them in a free online database.
Unlike oil paintings, watercolours are vulnerable to fading in daylight and can also be damaged by changes in temperature and
