The mysterious engraving on the wall of the Tower of London can be a Sir Walter Raleigh Selfie
The mysterious engraving on the wall of the Tower of London can be a Sir Walter Raleigh Selfie
Just in time for the 400th anniversary of his execution by beheading, a painting hidden in a wall in the Tower of London has been discovered and may be a 400-year-old self-portrait of the conspiracy of poetry, of the spread of tobacco . Main scout, Sir Walter Raleigh. Did Wally draw himself as a brave adventurer, a sinister conspirator or a sensitive poet? I was smoking?
"It was painted on the base layer of that wall, which was installed while Raleigh was there."
In addition to belonging to the correct time period, Dr. Tracy Borman, joint chief curator of Historical Royal Palaces (HRP) that oversees the Tower of London today, the portrait (veil here) looks like other Raleigh paintings, showing his prominent nose and long face. The man in the sketch wears a laurel wreath, which, if it is Raleigh, can mean his status as an aristocrat or poet, or it could be a cut from the garden he was allowed to attend during his longest incarceration in the Tower ( he had two others).
Tower of London
The idea of white-collar jails is not new, if Raleigh's long stay at the Tower was a clue. Accused of treason in 1603 for conspiring against James I, he was convicted, but escaped a death sentence on the part of James I., who suddenly forgave. Instead, he lived in the Tower until 1616, writing a long book (The Historie of the World), taking care of an herb garden and conceiving a child; his wife and servants were allowed to live with him. Raleigh was pardoned, he led another expedition, to Venezuela to find El Dorado, and was arrested again for actions that seemed to violate the terms of his pardon. Like a true poet, seeing the ax that would soon take his head off, Raleigh said:
"This is an acute medicine, but it is a doctor for all diseases and miseries."
Interior view of the london tower
While Bloody Tower is one of the most studied historical structures in London, The Daily telegraph reports that the possible self-portrait of Raleigh was discovered shamefully when a tourist hit the wall, knocking down a piece of paint and plaster that revealed a black line of the sketch to a muralist.
Is the sketch a self-portrait of the famous explorer, poet, writer and traitor? More study is needed to determine the identity of the face. Meanwhile, it will undoubtedly become part of the screens (this time with adequate protection) inside the Tower of London. Happy 400, Sir Walter!
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