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Category: The quest to find the Portrait of Lord Keeper Richard Lane

There is clear evidence that a portrait of Sir Richard Lane exists… What did he look like?

  • Breakthrough – The Chance Discovery of a Photograph of the Lost Portrait of Sir Richard Lane!

    Breakthrough – The Chance Discovery of a Photograph of the Lost Portrait of Sir Richard Lane!

    Imagine spending three years researching someone you’ve never seen an image of.  We humans are a visual tribe.  The mind will fill a visual void with a “placeholder” concept of who you picture that person to be. What would it be like to one day finally discover what they really looked like? Would their real appearance affect your understanding of who they were?  Did you expect the person to be handsome or homely?  Tall or short? Imposing or bookish?  Proud or humble? Had I expected Sir Richard Lane be portly, like his predecessor, Lord Keeper Littleton? Or perhaps gaunt? Would his hair be fair, thin and curly,  or perhaps thick, straight and black? It seems a human truth that we never seem to feel a tangible sense of someone until we have the chance to “look them in the eye”…

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  • Homecoming of the Quest for the Lost Lord Keeper

    Homecoming of the Quest for the Lost Lord Keeper

    I just love a dramatic breakthrough.  And a month before my recent trip to the UK, the Quest for the Lost Lord Keeper had a couple of them – so it seemed high time to throw a “coming out” party for the Quest!

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