The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-19
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Wholesale PICTURE FORGBR.
secrets 20 "a cunt" a Aulby'a business Ne
VraIed LrrtDs Wath MrS. Paine.
SpeoIH csbis DsspascA 10 TnB sUS.
PANS. April ID.-In regard 60 tho ds
GHiigny affair the AaelR says the Count
lcd retired hfe a. his chateau. He
composed melodies which he bad per-
Formed in Londn0. using the name of
Henry Marion. Mime. d'Aulhy alone
Interested herself IN social sntartain-
ments. Mrs. Paine made rather long
stays az the chateau. alternating them
with extensive Journeys al over Europe.
Tho Count accompanied her on thess trips.
Roth the Count and Mrs. Paine we're IN
lnspruck. Austria. whsa . despatch from
Boston informed tho lady Of tho death Of
her husband Besides his orookedness
in relation 70 forged piCtursaL Mrs. Paine
accused d Aulby OF cheating hsr out %
various sums OF money under prsesxs
Of furnishing her with old silk fahrios and
raro wines. The elk work was charged
TO her At prices averaging coo per cent
above its value.
Mrs Paine a. the result Of an inquiry
eheves that the Count 10 the son Of .
tailor and a woman gardeuer in London
and had taken without night his titles and
name Already in ISS1 the Count vas
living in Paris and had taken up the
'ra''ic in forged pictures
Az result OF q search Of the chAaealI
important papers were seized particularly
a voluminous private correspondence be-
tween Mrs. Paine and the Count. In
order Co avert indiscretions D'Aulby after
re~ealing the letters traced on the backs
along the glmmed edges sometimes the
first name % Mrs. Paine sometimes her
entire name and sometimes an emblem
atical heart pierced by an arrow.
The Count had relations with young
Painters Of great talent whom he en-
"a ced 10 copy pictures by the masters
scattered through the principal museums
II Europ- He had a sort Of workshop
too IN which there was given To these
copies the patina OF peculiar tone which
the varni-h u ancient pictures takes on
with the lapse 81 time
The finished fakes were then displayed
in full view in the gallery Of HE chateau.
ready IN be pick led up by the easy pur-
chaser
. The Count IL we'll known In New York.
whore he has made some brilliant bust
hess coups selling fabricated master
pieces at golden prices.
PARIs April - Mrs Charles Hamilton
Pare % Boston. who caused the arrest
oG Count ana Countess De Gatigny on a
charge Of swindiinE hor Oii' oT n largc
sum ~ money IN the purchase Of pictures
which she alleges we're bogus, has brought
~'ii' against IN" legal representative
~ the pair ~ London
he j. charged with complici'v IN tho
alleged -windl'
Pnsros. April - Court d''uhlv d.
Gs ,Icry. WI Wit tho Count -. Z rmerly
Miss Fr7 n~esci IsInt ~ Bot m has NreU
arc - in Franc" On complaint brought
~ N-~ Iha-le= II Paine oT Bpston.
ahl-riug that they I'D her s-u-i"is pIc.
nIres for witch she paid ScO0."n. ~ An
Engli-nmar and the son 81 George Dolby.
vi. Wa FORMERLY wen known IN Boston
rris st1teruent " rnada by : Arthur Bent.
formerly secretary and treasurer ~ the
Bcs- pni,n sSociety. who lived Tor a 1umhsr
# wears abroad and know George Dolby
and his family
Csc-~e h,ihv. the father n tNa man
who i under arrest. was Charles DiCkens's
agent during his seCond tour 81 America
ard - remembered by some older Boston
people pecauss of the foot race from owe
ton - Cambridge ~ which be competed
AGAINST James v Osgood ~ Boston.
when Mr. Bent vas IN London he was
asked by Dr. J. r. UphAm. president 81
the Handel and Haydn Society. to secure
certain singers for the spring festival o.
rhe society Being unable to secure the
an gers mentioned nv DR.. Upham. Mr..
Bent went to George Dolby. a musical
agent in London.
Mr. Dolby sent over Nine. Rudersdod
and others and came to Boston with them.
Ha made a second tr1p to this country
lat@rwith a quartet composed OF Miss Edith
wynne. Nine Patti and Meesrs Cum
minRs and SantIey. Dolby had son who
was an artist in Paris. The elder man
died in poverty.
Francesca Lunt. who married the son
of George Dolby. who now calls himself
Count d'Aubey de Gatigny. was the
daughter Of George Lunt. editor of the
Boston Cyurisr. who lived In Scituate.
she was a niece OF Thomas Parsons and
not Of Prescott. the historian. Her
mother is said to have committed suicide
At Scituate some time ago.