他说：“我在新桥众议院红图室多次看到过这幅画，我是一直以为是这是沃尔特·罗利”，“这真是一个了不起的发现。”
"I have seen the painting several times in the Red Drawing Room at Newbridge House, and it was always thought to be Walter Raleigh," he said. "it is an amazing discovery."
在沃尔特·罗利爵士在1595年访问过特立尼达的著名沥青湖，据说该湖的沥青容量有90亿吨。
Sir Walter Raleigh visited the famous pitch lake of Trinidad in 1595; it is said to contain nine thousand million tons of asphalt.
这样就引起了混乱， 因为大主教科布后来曾在画的背面潦草地书写了沃尔特·罗利的名字，这就是为什么这幅画会被认为是描绘罗利的。
The confusion arose, because Archbishop Cobbe later scribbled Walter Raleigh on the back of it. That is why it was thought to be Raleigh.''
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