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Man Charged After Attack On Painting At London's National Gallery

A man entered The National Gallery in London on Saturday afternoon, approached a painting by British master Thomas Gainsborough and proceeded to attack it with a "sharp object," the museum says.
Thomas Gainsborough's 1785 painting <em>Mr and Mrs William Hallett (The Morning Walk) </em>was attacked at The National Gallery in London on Saturday.

A man entered the National Gallery in London on Saturday afternoon, approached a painting by British master Thomas Gainsborough, and proceeded to attack it with a "sharp object."

A Metropolitan Police Service spokesman tells NPR that a 63-year-old man named

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