William Firth MacGregor

William Firth MacGregor (born in Scotland in 1896) was a painter, illustrator and artist who immigrated to Canada in 1925.^[1] MacGregor was a central witness in the Canadian Art Fraud case of 1962 to 1964, in which Toronto art dealer and owner of the Haynes Art Gallery in Toronto, Leslie W. Lewis and art dealer Neil Sharkey were convicted of fraud and sentenced to prison.^[1] More than 30 paintings, made by MacGregor, were admitted as evidence in the trial, all bearing fake signatures of Tom Thomson, A.Y. Jackson, J.E.H. MacDonald, James Wilson Morrice, David Milne or Arthur Lismer.

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1 2 Dellandrea, Jon S. (July–August 2017). "Brush with Infamy". Literary Review of Canada. Toronto: The Literary Review of Canada Charitable Organization. Retrieved January 23, 2018.CS1 maint: Date format (link)

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[LRC-1] 1 2 Dellandrea, Jon S. (July–August 2017). "Brush with Infamy". Literary Review of Canada. Toronto: The Literary Review of Canada Charitable Organization. Retrieved January 23, 2018.CS1 maint: Date format (link)