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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVI, Issue XLVI, 23 June 1911, Page 5

An extraordinary mysfrrv picturo by a young Canadian artist. Henri Ault, on tiffed 'The Shadow of the Cross," on exhibition in the Pore Galleries, London, excited the keenest interest find curiosity for some years past during its exhibition lis the principal cities of Canada and the United States. Scon by daylight or by artilieial Tig;lit. it represents the Saviour in the Wilderness, vitli t?io Dead Sea in the distance, jind calls for n'o particular .comment. But t lie niys't ifyinjr quality of this painting is that it can also be seen 'in the dark bv its own light. Scientific 'ami chemical experts on the other side of the Atlantic have closely examined the picture without being' able to give any satisfying explanation of its peculiar properties. The artist himself is unable to say exact lv how ho obtained the effect here seen red. and has boon offered large Fiims to produce another nicture -with the same peculiar Qualifies, he has hitherlo failed ullerlv in his mn'nv attempts. ' .'I ;: .IW'