News of missing Gainsborough! Within, the last few few days a letter ha* been receiyecl byrMessrs. Agnew from a person in New Y<ir|E, stating that the'lost Duchess is thereSm his possession ; that the canvas is a but very littfej damaged, and that it sbalT be payment of five thousand pouncs. It M believed, both by Messrs. Agnew and by the authorities of Scotland Yard, that this is no hoax but a communication made u* good faith. It would obviously tiie owners' while to pay the moneyj a3 the subscription list for tin m \ tended engraving is said tblexcetd s' yen thousand pounds, and after the n. toriety thus gained, the ox the picture as an exhibition would be enor*.
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Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 154, 18 October 1876, Page 2
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119Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 154, 18 October 1876, Page 2
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