A painting of one of Norfolk's most famous buildings has found its way home to the town where the artist who painted it lived and worked.
Walter Dexter was commissioned to paint the Custom House in King's Lynn for the Canadian city of Vancouver in 1936, to commemorate the links between the two.
It hung in Vancouver's City Hall until 1989, when the city's planning director Ray Spaxman resigned.
Mr Spaxman, then 55, was born in King's Lynn and he was presented with the painting as a leaving gift by his colleagues.
After being in his home for 35 years, Mr Spaxman decided the painting should be returned to the town where he grew up and his father kept a greengrocer's shop on Norfolk Street.
On Monday, the work completed its 4,600-mile voyage home, where after Easter it will go on display in Lynn Town Hall.
Its journey began when retired history teacher Bob Childs, 70, from Dersingham, began corresponding with Mr Spaxman.
It transpired both men were Old Lennesians - former pupils of what is now King Edvard VII Academy in King's Lynn.
"He was not put under any pressure," said Mr Childs. "He said as he approached 90, he was minded to return this painting to the wonderful town which he grew up in and loved."
Mr Spaxman's nephew Paul Foreman, 57, from Bury St Edmunds, was at the town hall for the unveiling of the picture with his wife Helen, 56.
"We saw it in his house in Vancouver," said Mr Foreman. "He's such a nice guy, it's lovely, it's him all over."
Lynn-born artist captured famous views of town
Born in 1876, he grew up in King's Lynn and studied art before going on to become an art teacher and acclaimed painter.
He lived with his wife Helen in East Winch, near Lynn. She died in 1948 and in 1955 he moved to the former Valiant Sailor pub in Nelson Street, Lynn.
He continued to paint and sold his work to local patrons, including the Queen Mother.
He died aged 82 in 1958 after being struck by a motorcycle in the Saturday Market Place. He is buried at East Winch.
Lynn's centuries-old links with Canada
Vancouver was named after Captain George Vancouver (1757 - 1798), an 18th century naval officer and explorer who mapped the north-west coast of Canada.
Vancouver Island, the city of Vancouver in British Columbia, Vancouver River on the Sunshine Coast of British Columbia, Vancouver, Washington in the United States and Mount Vancouver on the Canadian–US are all named after him.
Vancouver was born in King's Lynn, where a statue of him stands on the quayside near the Custom House.
The Norfolk town has maintained cordial links with the city named after him, which in 2009 presented the borough with a print of Walter Dexter's original 1936 painting.
Town's landmark Custom House
The Custom House was built as a merchant's exchange in 1683 by Henry Bell.
It was used as the town's customs house from the 18th century until 1989, after which it has stood empty for long spells and also been the town's tourist information centre.
Architect Sir Nicholaus Pevsner, who wrote The Buildings of England, called it one of the most perfect buildings ever built.
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