https://spitalfieldslife.com/2016/01/07/billy-charley-forgers/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Thu, 07 Jan 2016 18:58:40 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://spitalfieldslife.com/2016/01/07/billy-charley-forgers/#comment-1068265 Thu, 07 Jan 2016 18:58:40 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=142184#comment-1068265 I’d be happy to have one of those, sham or not!

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2016/01/07/billy-charley-forgers/#comment-1068236 Thu, 07 Jan 2016 17:37:45 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=142184#comment-1068236 The few that made me suspicious had the monarch smiling; I really doubt that would have been cast as such if it was genuine.

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2016/01/07/billy-charley-forgers/#comment-1068168 Thu, 07 Jan 2016 14:27:03 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=142184#comment-1068168 Fascinating – though I’m a bit disappointed that Charles Roach Smith was so easily gulled (bit.ly/1GkxGMI). Thomas Hugo (as you probably know) was also a great collector of Bewick prints (many of which were not in fact by Bewick): bit.ly/1FyaAlc

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2016/01/07/billy-charley-forgers/#comment-1068051 Thu, 07 Jan 2016 07:28:16 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=142184#comment-1068051 As always, a wonderful story and amazing photographs..Thank you!

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