OXFORD'S Ashmolean Museum has failed in its bid for a National Heritage Memorial Fund grant to secure a £5m work by Impressionist Edgar Degas, which has sat in its vaults for 30 years.
The owners, who have a house in Oxfordshire, say the work should not go on display at the museum.
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