20 Feb 2016

Art Crime with Arthur Tompkins

From Saturday Morning, 9:45 am on 20 February 2016
The restored version of the portrait by Thomas Gainsborough of Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire

The restored version of the portrait by Thomas Gainsborough of Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire Photo: Creative Commons

Arthur Tompkins is a District Court Judge, and member of Interpol’s DNA Monitoring Expert Group.

He has a special interest in crimes involving artistic masterpieces, and will discuss the loss, theft and recovery of Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, the 1783 painting by Thomas Gainsborough.

He talks to Kim Hill.