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So to speak.
The long-lost 'haunted' painting and strange claims that ghost of
Mrs Bell vanished after the picture was put back in its rightful place
The long-lost 'haunted' painting and strange claims that ghost of
Mrs Bell vanished after the picture was put back in its rightful place
And who was the woman in the portrait?As ghosts go, she was rather a cultured specimen.
The pale Edwardian figure made frequent visits to the mansion home of Alan Smith, always accompanied by the music of Chopin, according to the startled souls who bore witness.
Her interest in the house was a mystery until the discovery of a long-lost painting that appeared to feature the very same person, sitting at a piano.
When the portrait was returned to Heale Houses drawing room, the sightings stopped.
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more, with pictures (one of the portrait, of course) at Daily Mail link aboveHe identified the woman as a Mrs Bell, one of the 15-bedroom mansions previous occupants, who had been bankrupted and forced to sell all her possessions including her beloved portrait shortly before her death in the early 1900s.
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