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Was the Artist Henri de Toulouse Lautrec Implicated in the Killings?
I refer to my unpublished book “Jack the Ripper: The Case Solved”. The suspect I claim was implicated in the killings was the Impressionist artist, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. I make the case that the last victim, Mary Kelly, was the intended target all along and that her relations with an aristocratic gentleman from Paris was the ultimate cause of her demise. In my book I make the case that Lautrec had relations with Kelly, for example:
1. It is known that in the months before her death Kelly spent some time in Paris probably working in a brothel and Lautrec knew and painted all the girls who worked in these establishments.
2. Lautrec was obsessed by redheads and it is probable that Kelly at some time in her life also had red hair judging by her nickname ‘ginger’.
3. A letter from Lautrec to his mother reveals that one of his girlfriends in Paris was English and that her first name had been Jeanette. Since Lautrec was in the habit of placing the extra name ‘Marie’ in front of the first name, this English lady would therefore have been called ‘Marie-Jeanette’. This is the very name Kelly had picked up while staying in Paris and which had appeared on her death certificate.
4. Unfortunate rumours were circulating Montmartre that Lautrec had contracted syphilis from a notorious prostitute and also that one of Lautrec’s girlfriends had come to a rather unfortunate end. Lautrec’s life ended prematurely and this could have been the result of syphilis and his chaperone/doctor was also an authority on the treatment of syphilis patients.
Had one of Lautrec’s close relatives taken offence at this apparent insult to their son’s health who was handicapped and of a poor constitution anyway, and decided to punish the individual responsible? Had this avenger been none other than Lautrec’s own chaperone/doctor Henri Bourges who knew all about good hygiene in the case of people infected with syphilis? During the critical months in question Bourges had been absent from Lautrec’s side though it appears this had only been a temporary arrangement.
Some of Lautrec’s artwork also shows a lurid fascination with surgical procedures and a mysterious redhead with her back to the audience who it isn’t always straightforward to identify. Had Lautrec subconsciously picked up the fact that something extremely untoward had taken place and that this had had a disturbing effect upon his art?
So far all the major publishing houses have declined to publish my work and many of the minor ones as well. Perhaps there is a reason for these rejections………… (However anyone is more than welcome upon request to view the completed MS to judge the quality of my writing for themselves)
Is there anyone out there who is a publisher or who knows a publisher who is interested in such a work on the Ripper?
1. It is known that in the months before her death Kelly spent some time in Paris probably working in a brothel and Lautrec knew and painted all the girls who worked in these establishments.
2. Lautrec was obsessed by redheads and it is probable that Kelly at some time in her life also had red hair judging by her nickname ‘ginger’.
3. A letter from Lautrec to his mother reveals that one of his girlfriends in Paris was English and that her first name had been Jeanette. Since Lautrec was in the habit of placing the extra name ‘Marie’ in front of the first name, this English lady would therefore have been called ‘Marie-Jeanette’. This is the very name Kelly had picked up while staying in Paris and which had appeared on her death certificate.
4. Unfortunate rumours were circulating Montmartre that Lautrec had contracted syphilis from a notorious prostitute and also that one of Lautrec’s girlfriends had come to a rather unfortunate end. Lautrec’s life ended prematurely and this could have been the result of syphilis and his chaperone/doctor was also an authority on the treatment of syphilis patients.
Had one of Lautrec’s close relatives taken offence at this apparent insult to their son’s health who was handicapped and of a poor constitution anyway, and decided to punish the individual responsible? Had this avenger been none other than Lautrec’s own chaperone/doctor Henri Bourges who knew all about good hygiene in the case of people infected with syphilis? During the critical months in question Bourges had been absent from Lautrec’s side though it appears this had only been a temporary arrangement.
Some of Lautrec’s artwork also shows a lurid fascination with surgical procedures and a mysterious redhead with her back to the audience who it isn’t always straightforward to identify. Had Lautrec subconsciously picked up the fact that something extremely untoward had taken place and that this had had a disturbing effect upon his art?
So far all the major publishing houses have declined to publish my work and many of the minor ones as well. Perhaps there is a reason for these rejections………… (However anyone is more than welcome upon request to view the completed MS to judge the quality of my writing for themselves)
Is there anyone out there who is a publisher or who knows a publisher who is interested in such a work on the Ripper?
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