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This
is a portrait painting of my very good friend Gerard Alexander Moncrieff
that was painted when he was a boy. In 1942 Gerard Moncrieff gave his
portrait to me as a gift.
The
painting above is only a partial photograph as it
just happened to be in the background when one year I was taking a
photograph of our Christmas tree. I just came across
it as the other day I was digging through a collection of
old photos.
On
the back of the portrait's canvas is the wording in
the penmanship of Gerard Moncrieff's father :
"Gerard
Alexander Moncrieff, born, 23rd of August 1878, second son
of Colonel Sir Alexander Moncrieff of Culfargie, KCB, painted
by J. Hanson-Walker, 1882."
Somewhere,
this painting is hanging on someone's wall. Whoever has it today may or may not know
that the painting belongs to me, Scott Reekie. I am its
rightful owner and I want the painting back.
When
the painting disappeared I was in the process of taking it
from what had been my home at Friday Harbor in the State
of Washington to my new home at Beaverton in the
State of Oregon in the USA. The disappearance of the painting
most likely occurred in the town of Anacortes in the State of Washington
where, while in transit, I had the portrait in my possession
as I spent the night at a motel. When I discovered
that the painting was missing I reported the
disappearance to the manager of the motel and also to
the Anacortes police. Neither party could shed any light
as to who had taken the painting.
Whoever
has the painting today might just as well let me have it
back. There
can be no enjoyment looking at the painting, knowing that
it belongs to another.
I will come anywhere to pick it up.
If
anyone has seen the portrait and may know where it is, I
would very much appreciate being contacted as to this
information. Any and all information related to the
disappearance will be kept strictly confidential.
My
telephone number in the United States is 541-306-6253.
My
email address is sbr@bendcable.com
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