The year 1515. Darius, the Duke of Derwoodshire, son of King Rufus III , led an unsuccessful revolt against his father.

The Duke was captured and by order of his father, he was beheaded at the guillotine the following morning.

After the quick execution of the Duke, one of the other royals mentioned, “Sire you never had a royal portrait commissioned to preserve the image of your son.”

The King, upset by his sons betrayal, non the less agreed that his son should be so immortalized in a painting, as befitting the offspring of a monarch.

He left the details of the portrait to underlings as to how to go about painting the portrait that Darius, the Duke of Derwoodshire, could obviously not pose for.

One of the underlings, an ingenious one at that, suggested that they sew the Dukes head back on.

And so they did. A tremendous life like portrait hangs in the gallery to this day.