cc6 online casino A Famous Churchill Portrait, Stolen in Canada and Found in Italy

For three decades, a fierce-looking Winston Churchillcc6 online casino, a hand on his hip, stared down guests in a lounge at the Fairmont Château Laurier hotel in Ottawa.

It was a legacy of Yousuf Karsh, the portrait photographer of royalty, politicians, artists, actors and authors who long lived in the hotel and operated his studio there.

Just over two years ago, however, a maintenance worker noticed something wrong. The frame on the portrait didn’t match those of other photos Mr. Karsh had permanently lent the hotel when he and his wife moved out in 1997.

The photo was a decoy, a poor inkjet copy of the print with an ineptly forged signature of Mr. Karsh that had been left behind by a thief.

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Now, Churchill’s portrait may end up back in its rightful place.

The Ottawa Police Service said on Wednesday that an international investigation had tracked down the stolen photo in Italy and that it would soon send an officer there to retrieve it.

The police disclosed that a man from a small northern Ontario town was arrested in April and charged with the theft and various other crimes, including forgery.

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