The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-10-14
Templeman PretendS That
He is an Artist.
BUNCOED THE WEALTHY.
Turner Has Done Work Templeman
Claims Cre1lt For.
FAKE WAS EXPOSED YEARS AGO

VOW iOihs WV yNo hePPSH W.
see the namo "Templeman" at the bot
tom of an oil portrait you may rest
assured Templeman is not the man who
painted II. but some poor artist whom he
deprived of the credit.
Charles B. Templeman is an arrant
public men. that bear his signature in
this and other cities-and they are many
ARE the work OF cleverer artists than ho,
and that is not saying much, as he has
the reputation OF not being able to paint
at all.
Yet by deceit and engaging manners,
he has managed to mako persons believe
he is great artist. Wealthy and cultured
people have patronized him, supposing he
welded the brush on the pictures that
pleased their fancy, but they were mis-
taken in the man. 1t is not TemplemaD,
but his ghost who paints. During
his career in New York of five or six
year. Templeman has had several
GHOSTS" paint portraits for him. He
furnished so many portraits of the leaders
in Tammany Hall a few years ago that
he became known as the official painter
of Tammany.
CHANGED "GHOSTS" AND
STARTED ANEW.
About this time he was found out, and
q newspaper expose floored him for a
time, but he came up smiling again. He
formerly had apartments at No. IS West
Twenty third street. overlooking Madison
square. but year ago he moved to No.
255 Fifth avenue. Here he changed his
ghost" and started in to get new
patronage. He succeeded amazingly
we'll His name appears on recent por-
trait of the son of James Hooker Hamers-
Icy, boy five years old. whose wealth
is already estimated Mt 81. 000. 00O also on
that of a portrait of David James King,
of No. Sal Madison avenue.
Other new specimens of Temploman' s
Justice of the Supreme Court, Howell Z.
Jackson, of Tennessee, n brother Of Gen.
William jackson, which is hanging In
the Nashville Exposition, and portrait
of the late Col. Fellows. 1he portrait OF
MIR. Fellows hangs in tho Hoffman House,
opposite that Of Roscoe Conkling. which
1empleman Is also reputed to have
painted. Under Mr.. Fellows picture is
this printed card:
Tho late John r. Fellows. Portrait to
be presented by friends to the Bar Asso-
citation. Templeman. Artist No. 2555
Fifth avenue.
VISITED CARDINAL GIBBONS.
Templeman always gets his pictures of
public men in conspicuous places, that he
may point to them and increase his bust
ness. He recently went To Baltimore and
obtained the consent Of Cardinal Gibbons
TO have n portrait made of him. He
brought photographer into the presence
OF the preIatc, and returned to New York
with photographs to give to his ghost"
to paint from.
Icmplemsp's past mi sdeeds might have
gone unnoticed. hut on Saturday night
Oct. 2, he became hilariously intoxicated
in his apartments and broke in tho door
of tho room occupied by the four
daughters OF James Dawson, n picture
frame dealer. The daughters fled in their
night attire, and Templeman attempted
to strike with beasy cane their mother.
whe ran to protect them. The next morn
ing in the jefferson Market Police Court
Iempleman was fined S. for disorderiy
conduct and this led to revival OF
memories of the past, when TempIeman.
through ghost" named Adolph
Michaels. poor unknown Bohemian.
painted Mr.. Croker's portrait, and Mrs.
Crokers ballroom gown.
A. Nj. TURNER DOES THE WORK.
Temploman dropped Michaols because
he gave way his "secret." and year ago
obtained the services OF a. NJ. Turner.
nm artist who has n studio on the top
floor of the building on the northwest
corner OF Broadway and Thirtieth street,
adjoining Days Theatre.
Turner is an artist of middle age, who
has seen better days than he is enjoying
at present Before he saw such hard
times he painted portrait Of the Rev.
Henry NJ. MacCrackon. chancellor Of the
New YORK University, which hangs in
the university building, and ore of the
daughter Of Henry @. Valentine, of East
4 nirty.sixth street. These pictures bear
he name "A. NJ. Turner" but about all
OF MIR. Turner's W ork for the last year
has Templeman" tackled on it, - -
Air. Turner was asked yesterday what
he could Toll Of his work.
Il painted recently. I" no said. "a por.
trait of tho little son of James Hooker
lIamersley, aud the family are so we'll
I leased with it they are 10 have me paint
their other children. My portrait of the
late Justice Howell jackson is being ex-
hibited In tho Nashville Exposition, and
| am at work now on portrait of the
lnta wife Of David Jones King. MIR
Kings portrait l finished while ago."
Mr. Turner exhibited Mrs. Kings por-
trait with considerable pride.
TURNER'S PICTURE OF FELLOWS
Il have noticed hanging in the Hoff-
man House." the reporter said, ian cx-
ccllcnt likeness Of the late Colonel
Fellows"
That's mine" said the artist who