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[Crime and Punishment]
Reward Poster for a Stolen George Innis Painting, 1912
Printed text with photolithographic illustration
10 x 7 inches
With two police department stamps recto.
With two police department stamps recto.
In 1912, picture thieves broke into the Dedham, MA, home of Francis W. Welch and made off with an 1861 painting of Rome showing St. Peter's in the distance, done...
In 1912, picture thieves broke into the Dedham, MA, home of Francis W. Welch and made off with an 1861 painting of Rome showing St. Peter's in the distance, done by the great American landscape artist George Inness. The pilferers then set fire to the home, presumably to cover their tracks.
According to paper accounts of the time, local authorities believe the painting was "spirited south" to Atlanta, where the culprits planned to dispose of it "to some art museum or wealthy art collector." As well, the present poster was sent to the Police Detective Bureau in San Francisco. But despite this nationwide search, the painting was never found. However a smaller version of the same view, completed by Inness four years earlier, is currently held in the New Britain Museum of American Art.
According to paper accounts of the time, local authorities believe the painting was "spirited south" to Atlanta, where the culprits planned to dispose of it "to some art museum or wealthy art collector." As well, the present poster was sent to the Police Detective Bureau in San Francisco. But despite this nationwide search, the painting was never found. However a smaller version of the same view, completed by Inness four years earlier, is currently held in the New Britain Museum of American Art.