Shortly after Gainsborough's famous '•'Duchess" was stolen a journalist, alleges the facetious "Chronicle," was invited to- attend a spiritualistic seance in North London.. For some time he listened, incredulous. Then he sent a request to the effect that the spirit of the lady who had sat for the purloined portrait should be Summoned and examined as to its whereabouts. This was duly clone, and a series of knocks heralded her arrival. Now, it happened that the medium had but a vague idea of the period in which the artist had lived. The journalist, noting this ,said: "Ask the duchess if she remembers sitting for the photograph at Gainsborough." The medium put the question, and the spirit answered "Yes!" The seance ended. "Solventur risu tabulae."
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXII, Issue 126, 29 May 1901, Page 8
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