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Nature-inspired works, by two very different female artists, go on display this month; the first exhibition features work by the late Joy Adamson (1910-80). A remarkable conservationist, Adamson is best known for her book Born Free, the story of raising Elsa, a lion cub, in Kenya, which was made into a highly acclaimed film of the same name. Adamson was an accomplished watercolourist and over 60 of her beautiful paintings of the flora and fauna of East Africa (above) will be on show at the Riverhouse Art Centre in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey (15-19 October).
It’s not quite lion-taming, but artist Eleanor...
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4:48pm
Last week Peter-Ashley Russell was sentenced to three years in prison at Snaresbrook Crown Court in London for faking and forging antique silver. It was, according to the Goldsmiths’ Company, which oversees Britain’s hallmarking system, the biggest case of its kind since the 1890s. Mr Ashley-Russell’s offences included converting spoons into (more valuable) forks and creating false hallmarks using imitation punches. The Goldsmiths’ Company observed that the fakes were of high quality: the punches were well made, producing hallmarks that would have easily fooled most people, and his fake flatware had remarkably convincing false patination and engraving.
Are forgers getting...
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