THE STORY OF A PICTURE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 13393, 23 January 1907, Page 9

THE STORY OF A PICTURE.

Lady Chkwk, being an arcoinplished wonian, is a great lover ol aii artistic things, and glories in the wonderful roll.-;.{ion 'Hi pictures. at Crewe llall. of whi* she i* now part owner. In tiie ootleH ion are 1] canvases by Reynold*: in the library 32.000 volumes, .some or ! hem worth their weight in sovereigns, nv.y he found. Whit Hie picture"! ,;<? worth no man ro;d!v know.;; 10ft of one w;d! represents a fortune which would put a inat, {.>:• beyond tie- dreams of avsrice for life. One of these pictures especially interested Lady Peggy when she returned from her honeymoon. It. represents a >i.;.i1l girl standing beside a tripod. The presence of the tripod is a mystery, to most people, and. of course. T.here is a story attach™

Ito it. Where the Hi pod now "umd- »m j originally a cupid, which represented th* | son of a former earl. Put, a--- the boy I grew older he quarrelled with his f.iMer. I who, in his rape, cut the cupid out of the 1 enuv.is, and had a t':p<<d punted 1:1 i.s I place. ' Tlw, pice* of extras bearing upon ' it the eupid -.v.uc lost : lor over a eery, i Miry uo trace of it was to be found. 1:11 I it. was eventually found in a London darrbin. and jrurehaswl by the Ear' of Crewe. [ It in.iv now be seem. la a small frame beside tho big picture from which it no cut,