| Show IN fUll DETAILS T ILS Of t lb TIL N o Air Airflow t How flow the British Nation Was liras Horn Born Into Buying Buin a Nelson Statuette Special Correspondence Fob 10 Later details LONDON LONDo make more surprising thou than over tho flit remarkable hoax hOIl by II which t mich the British nation war WI fooled Into purchasing as ss a n valuable antique a n statuette of ot loid which wall w as In Landon hondon only Oil lIe Ilse yenta years ago It 11 was I of course under the Iho delusion that this statuette had been presented to Lord Nelson by Bing 1 III Il I tint that the time supposed relic W WEll H bought by h the tho Hoy il United Culled Her vice institution which Is I one of nf tho most t dignified In Inthis inthis this country Toward Its Is both hOlh tho the king elm amid time the nf ot IVales sub Hub subscribed scribed and an nn appeal for tor public ns as n In raising tin the amount mule made by hy Admiral Sir N NI M u V r w rw r rV w e t math In I n the he column n s of ot the tho Times H The Ihl I lie sum lIum t was realized the lima statuette taken over ewer with several doell substantiating Its liB genuineness and for the tho last four tour years the relic has hus occupied n a place of lion hone lionor or 0 r In III the II museum i connected with te Ili the tho United S 8 Service Institution And now it that time tho statuette arse done In to by 11 a t young English l scalp toe tor who however sold It without having any Idea under what It would woul l be resold and InI who In fort acct has haM been astonished us its much ns no anyone rno ride else nt at the lime recent revelations 1 VICTIMS HIT BIT I It 11 wall t ns about tom four OUI years larR ago II O that lint tho the loyal Hoyal United Institution started a n 1 department in UN its museum for relies relics Several of ot sueh Kuch sue had been secured when alien this sliver silver statuette of the great admiral with Its supposed his hb history I tory tor of presentation by lIy George GeorgI III to 10 b was offered on loan and mi no accepted 1 eagerly ea erl The rime figure which hud ht ml d a tt good 1 many man apparent marks of ur age was 1111 said Hn 11 to have 1111 p been rut IU t from front froma fronta a I solid clock block of ot sliver silver The fie documents I with which the Ilie of ot thu the 1011 were supplied to Prove till the genuine genuineness ness Men wore wire w re musty nail rather In III fuel every of dating bark to HIP its king against who rule the th American H re ro belled On tin time hn of or the th statue appears the lie Ih Tn Ill N i set et bet between n royal crown and Lord coronet A few feu fl 1 after the tho had red tin th pr pulse on exhibition It I was 1111 tint Ihn th t th IhA figure va 1111 for tor sale HAIl nl lo Iu tho Ihu i int Interested n sted In III the Ihl mu InU scum this an all opportunity to ha hit taken loten advantage of If no so after litter agreeing I u v upon ulon ns nit n a reasonable purchase 1 price time the public appeal fur for ur funds wad tuna made As 11 it was necessary to raise the entire purchase price nt lit once sev several eral members of the Ih Institution sup tup piled peed the th JWO 2500 on Oil condition that flint tho time amount should be br returned to thorn theme when the public hind had subscribed that lint figure KINO Although the lie king started 1 the tha pub puh public lic Ile 11 list with IS m and the lie of Wales signed 1 for tor ISO 50 time the first of fit Ins February found to u only 1250 un on hand Then It erne that Admiral Sir N 1 How wrote n letter to tu the Times urging the lit public to tu come forward with limo Ihl balance of the money needed to this precious antique to the nu on onteen Will teen the public subscribed the Hie lie full amount anti the Institution came Into full possession o of the treas tras tar ure While the IIII statue flattie was on loan bait and utter the bought It soy sev several oral eral experts exp on an examined the nod and nil agreed d lint the museum van nn most fortunate In a n PIT per fret example of nr early nineteenth cen estu century 1111 tury tilt tUI workmanship nothum with such n II his history history tory tury attached to It II Hl Q D Among who had rend read I letter l In the tho rimes i was liS a n well known photographer named lam Hi Mr Mx I four fate before bernI iris bis friend thrum n 1 student of had bail IT n I a n loll flout n II art rt dealer hunted Fisher I h r In to model 1 In tiny it n of af Nelson As Ashe Ashe K he Jill recalled tho the It pima that the tho his hiM friend lind mode mAllo accurately the d the admiral gave gate of tho the great grent relic and aul thinking till ate mire If Ir such It might I beau no i Investigation he ho wrote to Admiral I Howden and amid n lit told tol l him he lie h knew Mr lr received rec lell no re JO reply JOJI reply ply JI to tn MB his letter but withIn a II afew few 1 days the th ll secretary l rl of the tho United 11 Institution called l to ink ask him fin ti ta see fee IC Col fol Holden the tho secretary of the Institution In Mr Ir I called and the tie secre secretary H rc tary tar engaged strolled lute Into the lie museum which Is in 11 Iho tho same sarno lo to have havea a 1 look at lit time the statuette he lie warm wan doing do In so o n A moan man who wlm afterward proved to 10 be the tho colonel came cam In and naked asked the tho visitor If It hi ht were Interested In tho the I know the Artist who designed I I I tin the original replied l who ho hud had recognized the statuette at once as asa asa a Q copy of his friends work I I r Mr Ir who IH Is of at atIn an In antiquarian himself ants ho he thou then time thu secretary w Tern lero sharp edges haul had smoothed e oft off t with n II Ho file to t o give she the tho figure n a I worn and also called culled Col Holdens Hold attention to the tho fact tint Instead of nf a no solid block of sliver silver the he statuette Was nr n II sliver shell tilled with wall sonic some metallic substance to give It the necessary weight What the tho photographer r hilt hat said mail however did not r Admiral Admira A Smith or nay of or the Institutions lions other anti and the public sub subscription list remained open until not only tho the 2600 0 hind had been raised but bUI also nl o an nn additional OO which spent In ha an nt expensive pedestal tal and a n large glass case ens for tor tho the relic Whereupon the fake statuette was 1118 set lIet setup setup up 1111 In III the thc United by h the he bye b Is situated ed In time the hull In Whitehall d d I from which Charles I stopped stepped out o t on An to the time scaffold mod and there It Il has harm stood all aU this time Perhaps fI the time frond fraud 1 never would have havo been discovered hail not the Iho photographer photographer letter let tor to suddenly turned turne 1 up 11 It has hns not been made public Just why tills tide letter leller was not delivered dell tu to I the thc nd nl or Cir how haw It cane to 10 reappear so suddenly but hut evidently cI the tho of ot the Institution hud hod their suspicions and they th questioned d Cot Col Holden Bol It Is III re ro that flat the secretary admitted sup MIl suppressing suppressing pressing the time letter but declared that tint thatus us nil co sit tummy many exports had bath testified I to the genuineness of oC the Ih figure ho he hud had hadnot hudnot not thought It worth overdo while to call the tho Continued on page pago twelve U o rI Ah FULL DETAILS OF or OFA OFA A GIGANTIC HOAX HO X Continued Continued from tram sago page Eleven laeven l l en I Institution a attention nt to what what br had said saw The Mr Institutions bu n however 11 a taw Mr tile young anti and the tho full tull story of ot his hla purl part In the trans transaction transaction action came out After Identifying the sliver statuette ns na a cast made from crom his hll clay model ho he told about tho the com coal commission r mission minion h he had received elved from tho the art denier dealer when a n student In iq the london County councils School of at Arts Arte and Crafts Crotts Tin Tim specifications had called for tor a m f figure about three o feet teet high and tho the student was given Ivon old prints and other JI material to work wl rk from Mr o mod modelled modi 1 i 1 shod the ilia nute In tho the schools studio where many of at hla his fellow j watched Its Ite progress and all when It was Willi WilliI I finished ho hI turned It over to 10 tho the art h dealer v who ho congratulated con the young oun man mall upon tho excellence of the tho result J I and paid paid him mo 1100 Although Mr Garbo Garbot did not know for tor what purpose the figs fig 11 t tiro uro was Intended ho supposed the tho deal dI dealer s r r er or was obtaining it h for tor some sonio naval vallo so society clety or ships cabin cobin and after utter ho he hll ha m received payment for tor his hils work thought l i no more mol ot of the mutter matter f TOOK LIBERTIES WITH MOD L Lj j u Mr 1 Ir who echo Is now ono one of ot tho the mite mill muster t t tore ter of the tho school where he learned his hi hij j art nod and a II sculptor of ot Royal Academy reputation rep says say a 11 that any authority on onto to sculpture should not have been de deceived Artistically speaking states S Mr much liberty hns has been ink r tn en n with my work Thu The buttons of ot I the uniform have havo ha Vo keen been decorated with f anchors Latin inscriptions Inscription have havo been q finely on o tho the medals worn on onI j I tho the coat coal clumsy seams have been beell add c ed cd to lu the thc back hack and details In Inthe Inthe inthe the gold old braid epaulettes have been 1 altered The Tho hair too loo hue hns peen linen chased until It II hoe has lost loot Its color and amt the tha tex texture fl lure ture generally has been boen destroyed In remounting the statuette after It hail had j been sawn lawn from rota the tha original if 4 j and tilled filled l with metal the workman was wn WI 11 i careless for Cur tho the now out r k rf it of ot plumb i i t As All tha the ort art denier dealer from rl m whom Mr Ir sub 11 Garbe received his hili commission for tor the tho thoI H clay figure hits has been heen lead dead for tor some sonic somei I I li i 1 i time the tho original I model line has not ken been I cn traced rt beyond nd the time It come Into his hi t 1 hands |
