THEFT OF PICTURES.
FROM A RUSSIAN GALLERY.
(By Electbic Telegbaph—Copyright.) (Peb Pbess Association.) Received May 25, 8.55 a.m. ST. PETERSBURG, May 24.
The authorities have discovered that two paintings by Rembrandt and Murillo and several other pictures in the Hermitage Gallery here have been replaced by clcver forgeries. Great consternation has been caused, particularly as Lehmann, one of. the directors of the gallery, has just been convicted of replacing the Imperial jewels with imitations.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 9221, 25 May 1910, Page 5
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74THEFT OF PICTURES. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 9221, 25 May 1910, Page 5
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