Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-09-03

Violations "a to the methods Of
picture takers and the extent of
the picture taking industry are
expected at the trial which win take
place In the Paris courts In few
weeks of Count D'Aulby and his
American wife on the charge OF
svindling the late Hamilton Payne of
Boston to the tune of quarter Of q
million dollars.
The fun story OF the painfdl dis
coNcry made by Mrs. Hamilton Payne
when she called I'm an insurance ex-
pert TO value her ART collection aiter
nrr husbands death, has, OF course,
been told in America. The patheuo
agure in the case is "DAulby
American wife, who was Miss MARY
LGut OF Boston, and who seems 10
have been his innocent victim
"D.Aulby" is not a count at all. His
name rs plain George Daulby and no
is the son of an English tailor.
Usually the picture fakcr does not
nl so high as Daulby seems to have
done To sell one "Old master at
time is an achievement to be proud or
Dsulby. however, succeeded In selling
whole collection of Wretched copies
of famous pictures and la persuading
his victim that the originals were the
fakes Doubtless an effort Will be made
60 prove that Daulby himself was de-
CcIyed
or course one OF Daulby's chief as
sets was his title and he provided
himself with that by inserting an
apostrophc in his real name and pre-
fixing count" 70 II. Soon, however. ne
decided to go higher in the nobility
and he cast about for genuine title.
Fortune favored him and he discover,
Ell that the house of de Lusgnan had
ceased 10 exist for lack of an heir.
Tho last of the family Prince de
Lu-lgnan. had died some years be-
fore at Neuily The prince was an
old man who had lived for years the
lifc of a recluse 50 that when his end
came only few country neighbors
paid him a last tribute Relying on the
fact that the family had been almost
forgotten Daulby without hesitation
assumed the title.
OFF-CoLOR TITLES.
Investigation has shown that titles
in France are not necessarily any more
authentic than paintings About 10
600 families who purport TO he noble
ore holding lordly sway in the Third
Republic today. Statistics show that
before the revolution in 1883 there
were only 10000 legitimate titles and
since that period 1900 more have
been created. hence, II IS readily seen
that $4,000 OF the present titles are
spurious. Tho crop OF new titles alarm
cl the heads OF state and year ago
the minister OF foreign affairs issued a
circular obliglng all those whose
names figured In the diplomatic re-
cords as mobiles. to produce their
patents Of nobility but an indulgont
public Is more lcnient and accepts
seIf-proclaimed noble with perfect
confidence.
Dsulbv first conceived the idea Of
turning fake paintings To profitable ac-
count by seeing the wonderful copies OF
the old masters made In the Louvre.
the Borghcsc gallery In Rome and the
National gallery In London, and he
set about gathering the secrets or this
crt and then began his campaign.
Tie was assisted by the fact that the
o.1 masters seldom put their signatures
- canvas-a fact which adds TO the
difficulty of deciding AZ times, whether
~ IS genuine or not. The faHeU finds
'ctures Of the old italian prim,tives
and the later Venetian school-Titian,
'uuegglo. Gcorgionc. etc. most adapt
able 10 a modern production Anyone
passing through the big galleries Of
Europe must have observed the faith
ful copies that are constantly being
ma1c Of Mona Lisa" Titian's Laura
Nni the very CorrCggio, a copy or
WHICH, mas Drought i'tulnN " Eil'is
They win understand that a copy can
D. made So exact that only an expert
could pick out the original II they were
put side by side.
HOW THE TRICK Is DONE.
The reproduction Of an old master
r.Dce whose qualities are accuracy OF
drawing precision of values and beauty
oi color. when not combined with ire
m'naOusiy bold execution. u not 80 dif-
uoult thing to accomplish as most
people imagine. 4 copyist procures a
canvas thu same size as the original
and docs his drawing IN Of the work
iinln a phOtogranh which he squ1res
up and onlargos To the proper dimen-
sious II has been learned that the pc
,lliar glow which gives such light ana
ne TO the paintings of Titan, Corrcs-
gio and others can BE- Initiated by lay
Ing very thick coat of White paint on