Show the story of a hatfield fictum ou on the tha grand staircase of hathel hatfield d house is a portrait of the fourth earl of salisbury to which a curious story at baches A casual glauce at the picture gives one the impression of a man with two heads behind the features of the earl peers another face in much fainter outline and of quite a distinct type the fico face in fat of the unfortunate duke of monmouth AIon mouth it seems that the duke when a favorite at court was a friend of tho the then earl of salis salisbury bury and as a falkof maik of his esteem presented the earl with his portrait after Sedge moor however it was not safe for the earl to keep tho the picture on his walls and it was hidden bidden away in the lumber room years after the discarded canvas from which the features of the duke had bad eu entirely disappeared was found by the fourth earl earl of salisbury at a timo time when lie he was about to have his own portrait painted and in a spirit of economy lie he resolved to utilize this purpose pui pobe pose when this portrait came to be cleaned some years ago the face of monmouth Mon month reappeared to the confusion of the person ell engaged in the task this at any rate is the explanation of the mystery which lord salisbury himself has accepted it if only for the want of a letter Cas casscells Mag magazine |