Forgeries. Derivative objects.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Valued objects or documents that are made or altered with intent to deceive; may range in falsehood from counterfeiting of whole works to altering of signatures or other deliberate misrepresentations. Distinguished from ""copies (derivative objects)"" by the intention of deception.
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
A "Burns" poem and a "Scott" letter, the work of forger, Alexander Howland Smith.
File
Identifier: Acc.9595
Dates:
circa 1888-1892.
Alexander "Antique" Smith forgery of letter of Rob Roy MacGregor.
File
Identifier: Acc.9255
Scope and Contents
With portrait of Rob Roy MacGregor and engraving of Sir Joseph Banks.
Dates:
19th century.
Forged letter, spuriously dated`1801` purporting to be of Walter Scott but actually by Alexander Howland Smith, pseudonym Antique Smith.
Item
Identifier: Acc.12364
Dates:
circa 1890.