PICTURE STOLEN.
VALUABLE ROMNEY FAINTING.
CANVAS CUT FROM FRAME.
LONDON, February 25.
A reward of £looo' lias been offered for the recovery of a painting by the famous artist, George Romney.
. The picture was cut from its frame while onits way to Christie’s, the well-known auctioneers.
The owner says the painting is the portrait of a woman and is worth £19,000.
The packet was intact when it reached Christie’s, but when it, was opened only the ragged edges of the canvas were 'found in the frame.
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Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 5094, 28 February 1927, Page 2
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86PICTURE STOLEN. Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 5094, 28 February 1927, Page 2
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