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Has the LOST LUMLEY PORTRAIT of Anne Boleyn been found, hiding in plain sight for decades? According to this new(ish) theory the Lumley portrait, once owned by John, Baron Lumley in 1590 and last seen at an auction in 1773, is in fact the Lyndhurst portrait of Anne Boleyn, hanging on a wall in New York and is also one of the famous B pattern portraits of Anne Boleyn, so-called because she wears a B pendant in them. Other famous B patterns including one at the National Portrait Gallery in London and the Hever Rose portrait at Hever Castle, Anne Boleyn’s childhood home. Furthermore, a proponent of this theory, an amateur historian named Elizabeth LaVasse, who has self-published her ideas, claims that the Lyndhurst portrait is the same picture as that seen in a 1926 photo taken of a now lost picture of Anne Boleyn by the Howard Young Gallery (though that idea is actually not original to Ms LaVasse and had been around on the internet for at least seven years before she published it).
In this video from History Calling, I take you through the real history of the Lumley portrait, showing you primary source evidence that Ms LaVasse either failed to acknowledge, misunderstood or possibly even plagiarised in her short book. Using the original documentary evidence, including the will of Anne of Cleves, the descriptions of the Lumley portrait in an inventory from 1590 and in the 1773 sale catalogue when it was auctioned off, plus a possible mention of it in connection to the John Hoskins’ miniature of Anne Boleyn, I will demonstrate for you once and for all why I believe that the theory that the Lumley and Lyndhurst portraits are one and the same holds no water. I will also show you why, in my opinion, much of what LaVasse claims is simply fabricated, with not a shred of quality evidence to support it. This video will therefore double as both an art history documentary and a cautionary tale of how awry things can go when people with seemingly no university training as historians and limited source analysis skills try to parachute into this field.
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Please note that all accusations of plagiarism or any other misconduct and any criticism of any individual in this video, its description and any comments by me, are only my opinions.
#LumleyPortrait #PortraitOfAnneBoleyn #LyndhurstPortrait #ElizabethLaVasse
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Has the LOST LUMLEY PORTRAIT of Anne Boleyn been found, hiding in plain sight for decades? According to this new(ish) theory the Lumley portrait, once owned by John, Baron Lumley in 1590 and last seen at an auction in 1773, is in fact the Lyndhurst portrait of Anne Boleyn, hanging on a wall in New York and is also one of the famous B pattern portraits of Anne Boleyn, so-called because she wears a B pendant in them. Other famous B patterns including one at the National Portrait Gallery in London and the Hever Rose portrait at Hever Castle, Anne Boleyn’s childhood home. Furthermore, a proponent of this theory, an amateur historian named Elizabeth LaVasse, who has self-published her ideas, claims that the Lyndhurst portrait is the same picture as that seen in a 1926 photo taken of a now lost picture of Anne Boleyn by the Howard Young Gallery (though that idea is actually not original to Ms LaVasse and had been around on the internet for at least seven years before she published it).
In this video from History Calling, I take you through the real history of the Lumley portrait, showing you primary source evidence that Ms LaVasse either failed to acknowledge, misunderstood or possibly even plagiarised in her short book. Using the original documentary evidence, including the will of Anne of Cleves, the descriptions of the Lumley portrait in an inventory from 1590 and in the 1773 sale catalogue when it was auctioned off, plus a possible mention of it in connection to the John Hoskins’ miniature of Anne Boleyn, I will demonstrate for you once and for all why I believe that the theory that the Lumley and Lyndhurst portraits are one and the same holds no water. I will also show you why, in my opinion, much of what LaVasse claims is simply fabricated, with not a shred of quality evidence to support it. This video will therefore double as both an art history documentary and a cautionary tale of how awry things can go when people with seemingly no university training as historians and limited source analysis skills try to parachute into this field.
Subscribe to the channel if you want more Tudor history documentaries, exposés of false history, discussions of historical mysteries and high-quality source analysis of real documentary evidence.
Please note that all accusations of plagiarism or any other misconduct and any criticism of any individual in this video, its description and any comments by me, are only my opinions.
#LumleyPortrait #PortraitOfAnneBoleyn #LyndhurstPortrait #ElizabethLaVasse
BUY MY BOOK (Find Your Irish Ancestors Online): amzn.to/3Z2ChnG
Website (with 2 FREE DOWNLOADS): historycallingofficial.com
Patreon: patreon.com/historycalling
Amazon storefront: amazon.com/shop/historycalling
Instagram: instagram.com/historycalling
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Anne Boleyn’s B necklace
youtu.be/RrODYM4mRdM
Christina of Denmark: the girl who escaped Henry VIII
youtu.be/JLgNiktAcmE
The rise and fall of Nonsuch palace
youtu.be/V2OAFVjnwhY
Are these portraits of Thomas and George Boleyn?
youtu.be/alwd73M0tik
Is this Holbein drawing Anne Boleyn?
youtu.be/4ZX3tMcLo7c
Portrait of Jane Parker Boleyn?
youtu.be/RgzPmuUA5EA
The will of Anne of Cleves
youtu.be/wqixJyCyq1A
Does the Chequers’ Ring show Anne Boleyn?
youtu.be/hvgl1Wbjw1I
LEARN MORE
Dr Owen Emmerson, ‘The Hidden History of the ‘Hever Rose’ Portrait of Anne Boleyn at Hever Castle’ youtube.com/watch?v=oiE_IWHNC4M
Richard Masefield’s article on the Anne Boleyn Files’ website
theanneboleynfiles.com/real-face-anne-boleyn-historical-novelist-richard-masefield
Lee Porritt, ‘The Lyndhurst Portrait’ (a blog post published over four years before LaVasse’s book, putting forth the idea she discusses that the Howard-Young and Lyndhurst portraits are the same)
ladyjanegreyrevisited.com/2020/09/20/the-lyndhurst-portrait/#_ftn2
Eric Ives, The Life and Death of Anne Boleyn (Wiley-Blackwell, 2005) – best biography of Anne Boleyn in my opinion
amzn.to/3xLivgr
Antonia Fraser, The Six Wives Of Henry VIII (2nd edn, Phoenix, 2009) amzn.to/36IqD5r
David Starkey, Six Wives: the Queens of Henry VIII (Vintage, 2004)
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Memory Card: amzn.to/3KeLZZs
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