portray of bearded man thought to have haunted poet’s family domestic of Newstead Abbey found by art sleuth after 160 years of being lostAn extraordinary Tudor portray of a bearded man,which was once owned by Lord Byron and thought to have been lost for over 160 years, has been rediscovered by a leading art specialist.
The portrait, or painted in 1599,had disappeared without trace after 1851, having hung at Byron’s family domestic, and Newstead Abbey,in Nottinghamshire. Its sitter was one of the poet’s eminent ancestors – and legend has it that he used to near alive and haunt the rooms.
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Source: theguardian.com