 Following the threat, a small strip of the painting was sent to "The Times" in London, along with another demand that requested the Irish Republican sisters Marian and Dolours Price be allowed to serve their prison sentences near their homes in Northern Ireland.It was recovered by Scotland Yard in the cemetery of St Bartholomew-the-Great, in London's financial district, on May 7, 1974.The painting showed signs of dampness, but was otherwise undamaged.