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Subseries 3: Spurious Stuart Washington Portrait - Frank Bayley, 1928-1943

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Correspondence, photographs, excerpts from Morgan's diary, newspaper clippings and a narrative entitled, "The Story of the Spurious Stuart-Washington and Frank W. Bayley's Connection Therewith" written by Morgan. Bayley, of the Copley Gallery, sold the portrait to Clarence Webster, but later bought it back from him when it was discovered to be a copy. Includes Morgan's correspondence with Bayley, and Bayley's correspondence with Senator J.S. Frelinghuysen, to whom he offered the alleged Stuart, disregarding Morgan's opinion that it was not genuine.

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