Quote Originally Posted by OC Richard View Post
Peter is the stolen original signed and dated by the artist?

Or is "J M Barclay 1842" an attribution?

Yes the copy looks rather crude.
Richard, it's not clear from the article but I would assume that the artist is known.

Piper painting worth £10,000 stolen in 'targeted theft'

As a targeted theft, it must be in a private collection somewhere. Someone must be very pleased with themselves but like a flm script, they will only be able to show it to a few people for fear of exposure.