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After William Hogarth, A Scene from the Beggar’s Opera, 1728/29, National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
In an ironic twist of fate this painting by William Hogarth, which was donated to the Nation…
Source: The Fake’s Progress – Washington ‘Hogarth’ revealed as a forgery | The Printshop Window
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Texture: “Kerstin Frank”:https://www.flickr.com/photos/kerstinfrank-design/9181048645/in/photostream/
Flowers: “Rijksmuseum”:https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/my/collections/150967--sarah-vernon/mijn-eerste-verzameling/objecten#/SK-A-3899,0
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Vintage Henry Irving and Ellen Terry as Beatrice and Benedick in Much Ado About Nothing from The Library of Congress: http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/97514042/
The background is a blend of the interior of The Great Exhibition at Crystal Palace in 1851 from an old encyclopaedia — the venue was originally built in Hyde Park and the exhibition was organised by Prince Albert and Henry Cole — and textures from “2 Lil’ Owls”:http://2lilowls.com.
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Clock created for Behind Time
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25/10/2016 at 17:38
Mary
Sad to see so much of this happening. I just read an article about another situation over here in the States. The “Fakers” are really good, but what a shame.
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24/10/2016 at 20:27
davidprosser
I wonder whether it’s a modern fake or something contemporaneous. Whichever, it is an excellent work. The artist should be or have been honest and taken credit for his work. He would no doubt have got commissions.
xxx Huge Hugs xxx
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24/10/2016 at 19:31
janetweightreed10
It’s now being realised that so many major works of art owned by reputable organisations/museums etc. are fake…..I forget which one it was…but another major work has just been uncovered which fooled all the experts…..Those fakers are very clever:) xx
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24/10/2016 at 19:01
Mary Smith
Wonder if they’ll ever find out who did paint it?
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24/10/2016 at 18:25
beetleypete
I had to keep flicking (for some time) between the ‘fake’ and the link to the real copy. After a while, I started to notice a real difference in the colour of that red jacket. Pigmentation of older paints perhaps? I am no expert, of course.
Best wishes, Pete. x
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