Mary Evans The theft of the La Tour Pastels from St. Quentin, Dec 1918 12688603

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Picture No	12688603
Date	1918
Description	The theft of the La Tour Pastels from St. Quentin, Dec 1918
Details	Article describing the theft of the pastel work of Maurice Quentin de la Tour and showing a selection of three examples of his most famous pastel work, as well as a smaller image of a statue of the artist by Langlet which was also taken by German soldiers as they retreated from Northern France. The Sphere comments on the "burglarious and thieving instincts which form part of the [German] national character".
Source	Reproductions of three pastel heads by Quentin La Tour and a photograph by an unattributed photographer in ‘The Sphere’, 7 December 1918
Credit	© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
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