Originally Posted by joglynne

I watched the programme featuring the authentication of these paintings last night and was pleasantly surprised when the Turner expert Martin Butlin begrudgingly agreed that the evidence did in fact show that he had previously been wrong in declaring them to be fakes, seemingly he had been previously swayed by the moralistic views of earlier 'experts'. Watching him squirm and admit he had been wrong was delicious.

The story behind the paintings was fascinating, the reported comments of the art critics who first saw these paintings after Turners death and judged them to be fakes based on their own moralistic prejudices was an eye opener.

I wonder how many art pieces to-day would be treated as fake due to their respected creators having secret affairs with people judged to be socially unworthy? Not many I would guess, money speaks too loudly now.