London - A fathers-rights group says one of its members has attacked a John Constable painting in Britain's National Gallery.
London police say a 57-year-old man was arrested at the gallery Friday after reports of an attack on “The Hay Wain.”
Constable's rural scene - one of Britain's most famous artworks - was removed for treatment, but the gallery said no lasting damage had been done.
The group Fathers 4 Justice said the vandal was Paul Manning, a “desperate dad” who had stuck a picture of his son on the painting.
The attack came just after another man appeared in court, charged with spraying paint on a portrait of Queen Elizabeth II in Westminster Abbey earlier this month
Tim Haries, also affiliated with Fathers 4 Justice, was bailed until September. - Sapa-AP