A PICTURE BOUGHT
A SUPPOSED TREASURE. [United Press Association.—By Electrio Telegraph.—Copy r igb t. ] LONDON. May 29. Tt is reported that a genuine Gainsborough was bought in the village of Saint Paul, near Rice, for 250/- by Mistress Gwynu Griffiths, described as a writer, married to George Baker ot Chicago. * A Parisian expert, Andrus, attributes the picture to Gainsborough. The subject is a beautiful woman, liatless. It is suggested it might be an early portrait of Lady Hamilton. The picture has been in the possession of the shopkeeper’s family for many v years and was brought from England,
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Hokitika Guardian, 30 May 1931, Page 5
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98A PICTURE BOUGHT Hokitika Guardian, 30 May 1931, Page 5
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