Walter Sickert (1860-1942), a very highly regarded British
painter, has become a semi celebrity this year, as American crime
novelist Patricia Cornwell has made him the subject of her new book Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper Case Closed. "I do believe 100 per cent that the artist Walter Sickert was Jack the Ripper," she said.For
anyone who follows Ripper scholarship, this event by itself a big ho
hum. Dozens of writers promoting dozens of books over more than 10
decades have claimed
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