The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-22
DAWSON SAYS HE RESTORED
AESER PAINTED 4 PICTE re- IN
IMITATION az SNI lRTTST.
ENplRlns Hse He Takes DH the Paint
ami Puts % Oa New Gan, ass FIXED
10 fhe Martins anal Also PtctHreS
G'faasen Solsl anal Had tee Take nark.

~NAAs NsNSa NN@A v" ANeENs
Arthur Dawson. from whuss studio.
Il ~ alleged. came many pictures which
we're sold by William Causen as the
genuine works os Homer Martin. lnnes~
Wyant and Blackjack Was witness
Yesterday for the defendant IN the S,I-
preme Court IN the SUIT of William l.
Eyans against Clausen and al tbs ad-
Iournment at ! clnck his cross-eNamtna-
ton WITS not We; concluded
Dawson declared that he had restored
All the pictures msntioneCl thus far in tbs.
rass. but denic,i that ne had ever sold a
pIcture 20 Cisusen that was not his own
original work. He said that in several
,Ases Mr.. Evans himse. gave orders as
to certain restoring he wanted done. aOd
aid that Mr.. Evans wanted him To- cut
an lnness in two aud make two indie
PENDENT pictures % IL. He said he thought
that was vandalism and wouldn't do IL.
On his direct examination by Jerom.
b.isner. counsel for Claussn. Dawson
said be was an artist and picture restorer.
and had heen in the restoring businss-
about thirty years. He first saw Near
Newport in I9O? he said. when CIausen
sent Il tn his studio 1T was in bad
condition. much discolored. and badly
cracked Dawson said. Ii was painted
On cotton canvas. which gave a leaden
hue 20 the painting.
what did you do ~ the plc,urey-
Transferred II from the dirty colored
canvas TO a white prepared canvas
Mr.. Dawson was asked To explain the
process OF transferring = picture. ana he
brought QUA a picture he had with MIN
which had been partly transferred The
picture was Turner's Ancient Italy
which Dawson aid was worth NtO0O.
more than all these other pictures put
together" he said. He handled IL gin
gerry. explaining that the frat move was
20 clean IL carsfully 10 remove all traces
81 oil and grease. The painted surface
was then built M with overla piping sheets
of paper and linen 90 a. to get a support
and the picture Was then nailed TO board
face down.
The paint 10 then taken oH the csnvas'-
asked q juror
EMO. the canvas 10 then taken on the
Paint said the witness. The canvas
N sandpa pered completely away The
back Of the paint then receives preps-
what 10 that preparation asked Nr.
Eisner
We waive that then said counsel
This preparation is nut IN the back oI
she paint and IN the front II the new
canvas and the canvas - hen put under
e. heavy a weight ~ YOU eau get u
remains that wsy for a mon,h. and a
psrfect contact - produced Then the
strstcher II put on the same ~ IN the
Newport picture. and the IA per and linen
are peeled IA the face The new canvas
10 thsn nailed into the strstcher and you
have the transferred painting
The Newport picture was badly
cracked. lie whole surface was full ~
cracks The paint was also very hard
and had to be aOftened before anvil hing
could be- done. Then the whole thing
was transferred and after the paper was
aiken ON the cracks Uer" fitted IN with
preparation OF my own. hen ! went
over the picture With scrayer 10 reno,
superfauous matter and when got through
you could not se~ a single crack Some
II the chrome yellow m the picture had
turned black and rsaded to 10 ,ntored
then been fully restored and ~ was ptI,
On q atretcher and lets several weeks ~
dry. Clausen sent me the canvas and
atretchsP used
What was the condition at the canvas
and etretchers-
-Clausen had put coat Of Creosote or
coal tar on the back 4 small reason
for that was that II kept the picture from
contracting and expanding. but the great
reason vas that u kept out the damp and
Animalcul@ which would affect the medium
used TO make the paint adher" - the
oanvas-
ia !. apparent when picture has been
NO. hope u wouldn't be in my case
II wouldidepend on whom they were done
ny Subsequent handling ~ the picture
might make " crack next where the cracks
mad already been mended
Mr.. Eiener then brought out The
Uevils Rock by Blakslock which had
been sold by Clausen to DIR. Humphreys
~ stevens Institute for 81 90 IN part
exchange for a genuine Blakelock a.
$500. This picture DR.. Humphreys com
pelled Ciausen TO take back. admitting
that there were doubts about It's genuine
nees Dawson said Clausen sent u 10 him
% 1872 or 1873 and n was painted on a
roor piece 81 white muslin. He trans
fsrTed II 90 q panel and said the process
vas similar ~ that described
After the picture had been transferred
/ noticed that one ~ the group 81 Indians
mad Loot his head gave him a new head
~ appeared that several other Indians
mad fallen out IL the picture completely.
hut they ~ere not necessary to the effect
and didn't replace them.
What was the result when you had
hI.d ~ the picture a. you hav" dc
srr1bedg
1t looked absolutely like "A new picture
from FIVE TO ten years old
Did the paint smell after YOU he'd
restored -"
The paint didn't smell. hat ih" varnish
ala. The preparation | pat on after u
vas vsrnished 90 prevent Is from bloom
inR also smelled
At the request Of counsel IA" jurors
all smslled the picture before and after
nswson hsd p"i' on some ~ this huid h"
carried n his uock~t
-Wbv DID YOU take tins picture ~ IN"
MUSLIN
1t would have gone to pieces IN ziy
months II hadn't Tn" paint was too
heavy for the cloth
How many pictur~s have Won trans
fsrred3-
About hurry. n 10 very expensive
and p@ot,le Would rather have their pir-
lures refined This consists IN putting
IN more linen ~ the hack and reinforcing
the old canvas
NJ gtaTaun than Irotiyht otfs a f,tc,,tra