The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-12-11
A THEFT IN APT
The Story OF a Missing po-
of Washington. @@''
isciicf that II Is sim ia Eri-ten,.
Isle Of Man-The PortraIt o,t., 2" H.
attended for the Whit,
Hou-e

enc OF the most siue-liar c.
the annals of art IS thc thsf 20, n
appearance Of an authcutia fun Us ~
of Ccor-c Washirgton, painted i'lNh i',is'h
hort Stuart, the friend ana nm, ~
- est. says the London Ip,rI,f q
Nbitc. This long missing por,-.;. 20
ono 81 three rcplicas made BE-. :. vas
from the wcll-known ORIGINAL ,...l
T. the commission OF the celIta
tIarquis of Lansdowne- Tha, ,.-;...'se
al two of the copies are Wi %
-.rly accounted for: bat IA. an. aug
disappeared in the follo-ri,,, ,1ld
ncr. and taas never since b.,r, no
The portrait was painted far c.
Baker. Of Nex York, an actis,. No.,
Of the socic1y Of ~. Tammas,- 80
n his suggestion esta blishad "a -
Tins muscun9 was in lTg5 mace
Baker, who sssslcd among other g.
tions the full hsugth Of ~. r,,,.-. -
cral In I79s u" appears 10 ha,,. -
10 Boston 10 cssibit the ui,.'u-y- ~.
dying there of yellow fever. III
trait went 10 "a Ar. Lairr, d, ID,
ton of a claim. Ey and by The ~
rIittcc charged Nth furni-bip,. -.
presidents house ~ Washington -.
tinr picture. which -css iutruSted -
" snstanloy, a tricky Hc'cr-do-vcc. q.
i1-zutcr, To pack AMI. sclivcr. Wip....
lc-r- however. copicd the Stuart IN a.
own vile way. dclivC rzs-' the rnnr -
..cf! to England witt the oriri,,t
stuart himself was the first 20 dis.o-..-
and 5.nouncc the fralt. But flor.s
hc DPndiated the canvas that ,I
haTtcS N the white housa. and fbo,,s
the -rislence against it IS overyyb.lr-
ing. patriotic citizens Of he STATE, ,r.
still heiicvc IL 10 bc the rcuuiu. ~.
trait sspc; ted by Stuart nimsrlf fr,r
the Bsns,.ow ne full lcngJ1. What J..
came Of thc genuine WORK stolen nv
Ninstsnlcy. painter and tlisf?
Neiit there is considcrabs A reason q,
believe Slat il Is now in the pos,r,,ia-
# William Burrows, a picture dealcra
D Dpuglas-- Isle of Man. Some time ay,
I mere ySas.a sale at Mount A,rpop =
that island, in consequcrae Of tla
death of Mrs Harrison. who .vsas a M,
1ancOcts having been twicD-marria4
and daughter Of one Br-cd. wbo
formerly owned Breed island In Io.
ton harbor- whose name is munrtaliza
4 the batt'e Of Breeds hill. and vfo
settled ia the Isle Of Man ca " In tbs
century. Anong q variety -f'pic,ure,
disposed of At the aforesaid sal, was
fiIsc full length in oil Of GcorgsWas5
ingt6n, and a capital impression Of ,bs
engraving yveich Heath made from III,
LazsIlovnc portrait. thus rslbng
StuIrr'of his .eDpyright, and leaiinrp
probably tho first aud certain.y ,hs
bittsrcst dispTsc on record concerning
American and English artistic rights
MIR. Burrows bought all the pictures a
the sale, and the print, the mastery
etvle Of the painting. and It's all but com
pleUe identity with the engraving led
him 10 conclude he had acquired
genuine Stuart Washington. Hence
those recent paragraphs anent IN
discovery ini tbc Isle Of Man; heno,s
journey 70 IlonT0n, picture in hand %
consutr the experts
Now 5kereXDerts all agree that L q
not only n genEine Stuart, but ye7
fine specimen IN point alike Of co.U,
handling. design and mot less impJr
tant) of preservation. Mr. Burrows
canvas is essentially the same lthe dt
ferences between IL and the Lansdowns
being extremely slight, and not even
marked as those which, as a rule. natuT-
ally appear in rcplicasl; but the Lans
downe does not equal the delicacy and
distinctiouio the work now in Mr. Bur
rows possession. but which ought
properly 20 be in the national portrait
gallery. The only portrait Of Washing
ton there1is poor-so poor indeed tAA'
apparently the authorities don't think
it worth exhibiting. Washington at'er
I all. was a. much British as American
and the national album certainly should
/ contain a likeness worthy Of the MAJ
and of the two peoples. But the au'a''
tiles are SO, iupccunious that they o-
only offeFa comparatively small pFiT'
Such an Offer has been made, Il Is lh
! dcrstood: but the figure named D. quiN
below the, market value of the pc.ge
which. IErlI,ss some special means ais
taken 20 acquire il for the nation VIZ
assuredlY be snapped mp by some pa-'
/ Otic Amcrri:ln millionaire.
Fina4lt. there is the question iideSu
". Spaca- forbids such "a l,ngiby s,Ar
ment as c@ald be made Of tn facts '-,
! briefly. rhe considerations IN iaF" ID
This bcing the replica originally
tended for the white house are iA7'~
Winstanlcy came 20 England. In''lI--
/ bly, with the portrait. about ihs -
! time a. Breed. What more likely i-I
that Breed purchased the pictW,
his Isle Of Man home. which ne Hl'-
Mount Vernon" after NashiH9'o1.
II has hung in the principal room "N.'
FOR nearly ninety years: Heath ne
ing (plrrchascd probably ~ me uu' /,
| puhlicatiunl being in the hedro'IH.
is pretty certain that Ninstaniel so-
the picture to sell; il l. not uiNA'
that be sold it to Breed, ms l'S
Man picture is a genuine stuart anu
viously a careful replica on sn-'
scale of the LansdOHVnc porlI"''
supplies in all essential points, aPs-
emily. the missing full length. I' ~
fore. this is not the white nous In
RAFT then Stuart painted ah''"' =,
myth hitherto unreeorded' oi Il,
as a painter who painted ID -.
,snart's manner and forged NJ - -
trTrc. about whom history ana "'"-
nothing.
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