Show I VICISSITUDES OF 1 A PI PICTURE I IThe The no note noto to on oti th the vicissitude of a L Leonart onar- onar do da dl Vinci's Vinc's picture picture Last Supper reminds reminds reminds re- re minds a correspondent nt of or the strange experiences ex experiences ex- ex of ot Holbein's Hohbein's Field Feld of the Cloth Clot of Gold which may be bo seen son arty any all f day nt at Hampton court cout palace palace After 4 the downfall dowal of ot Charles I. I Cromwell Cowell In order to rt raise I funds proposed the tho sale of ot pertain certain pictures pic plc- pic tur tures s this among the number The bargain bar bar- bar I gain was already made mado but when the tha I would bo be b purchaser came to Inspect Hol i I hems hem's masterpiece he discovered that tho the head of or hear Henry HenT VII VIII IlI had been cut front from the canvas Ho He- naturally withdrew his his' bl offer and the picture was preserved to t the nato nation On tho the restoration a nobleman confessed to having bavins committed the theft for love Io of or art and his country and ha lie 18 I returned tho the ml missing head which now oc- oc oc 1 j cuple Its original position In tho the can can- c. c vas Yas Tho The circle mado made b by the ti-ic knife Is still I plainly visible London London London Chronicle Chronicle I |