1 SEPTEMBER 1961, Page 18

PORTRAIT OF THE WEEK

SIR,—Perhaps you will allow me to make a small correction to Mr. Haden-Guest's reference to Monta- cute in last week's 'Portrait of the Week.' The paint- ings stolen from here last April numbered five, not four, and consisted of two Reynolds, a Gains- borough, a Raeburn and a Hudson. The the6ry of a ransom motive is interesting but, to the best of my knowledge, no such demand has been received in respect of these paintings.

J. A. St. II. nizoci:. C'ustuclian Montacute House, Montacute, Somerset