THE MORNING POST MAY 13 1914

ANOTHER MILITANT OUTRAGE

PICTURE DAMAGED AT THE ROYAL ACADEMY

Another outrage was committed by a Militant Suffragist at the Royal Academy yesterday afternoon. At half-past three a woman, who gave the name of Gertrude Mary Ansell, and is fifty years of age, made an attempt to destroy Sir Hubert von Herkomer's painting of the Duke of Wellington, which has been hung in Room No. 3. She struck the picture some heavy blows with a chopper, which she produced from her dress, but before she did serious damage she was seized by an attendant, named Wilcocks, and given into custody.

The Registrar of the Royal Academy informed a representative of the Morning Post that nothing could be said about what steps the authorities might adopt in view of this fresh outrage. "We have taken all the precautions possible," he said, "and they are of a more stringent character than we care to say. The promptitude with which this woman was seized shows that our attendants are very much on their guard."

The Registrar of the Royal Academy informed a representative of the Morning Post that nothing could be said about what steps the authorities might adopt in view of this fresh outrage. "We have taken all the precautions possible," he said, "and they are of a more stringent character than we care to say. The promptitude with which this woman was seized shows that our attendants are very much on their guard."

The portrait shows the Duke standing almost at full length in the purple robes of the Garter. His left hand rests on a sword hilt, the right holds a paper, and a conventional column and wall form the background. It is not one of Sir Hubert's most successful achievements, the fact in particular showing signs of fatigue in the artist. Yet the picture as a whole is effective and the cloak is deftly painted.