| Show the story of a hatfield picture on the grand staircase of hatfield house bouse as a portrait of the fourth earl of salisbury to which h a curious story a attaches t A casual glance at the picture gives ono the impression of a man loan with two heads beads behind the features of the earl peers another face in much fainter outline and of quite a distinct type the faco face in fat of the unfortunate fortunate nu duke doke of it s seems s that the duke when a favorite at court was a friend of tho the then earl of salisbury and as a maik of his esteem presented the earl with his big portrait after Sedge moor however it was not safe for the earl to keep the picture ou on his big walls and it was accordingly hidden bidden away in the lumber room years after the discarded canvas from which the features of the rebel duko had entirely disappeared was found by the fourth earl of salisbury at a timo time when lie he was about to b have avo his own portrait painted and in a spirit of economy ho he resolved to utilize it for this purpose when this portrait came to be cleaned some years ago the face of IsIon monmouth mouth reappeared to the confusion of the person engaged iu in the task this I 1 at any rate is the explanation of tile the mystery which lord salisbury himself has accepted if only for the want of a letter cassells magazine |
