OBJECT FILE
The portrait of Bernardo de Gálvez (Hotel Galvez)
FOLLOWGrand Galvez (Hotel Galvez), Galveston, Texas, United States
THE OBJECT
A portrait of the Spanish general Bernardo de Gálvez, the namesake of the Hotel Galvez (opened 1911, now 'Grand Galvez') in Galveston, Texas, hanging at the end of a hallway. The hotel is also known for its 'Audra' ghost and runs ghost tours.
REPORTED ACTIVITY
LEGEND. Photographs of the portrait are said to come out ruined — some say with a skull in the flash — unless the photographer first asks the general's permission (Wikipedia, List of reportedly haunted paintings; local retellings). No origin for the legend has been found.
WHERE IT IS NOW
On public display — kept by Grand Galvez (Hotel Galvez). Grand Galvez (Hotel Galvez), Galveston, Texas, United States.
PROVENANCE · 1 ENTRY
TRACE ON THE MAP →2019 — CURRENT LOCATION
POSSIBLE LOCATIONGrand Galvez (Hotel Galvez)
Grand Galvez (Hotel Galvez), Galveston, Texas, United States
Date approximate: known to hang in the hotel by this report. When it was hung is not recorded (the hotel opened in 1911).
Source: Houstonia, September 2019; Wikipedia, List of reportedly haunted paintings
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