It took almost 150 years, two auctions in Europe and meticulous research for a gaucho, a South American horseman, painted by Uruguayan Juan Manuel Blanes in the 19th century to finally ride in the land that inspired it. "Gaucho in the Countryside", a 112 x 128 cm oil on canvas, is exhibited in Uruguay for the first time publicly after spending more than a century in England. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES