Chest in Founders' Room

One of our curators recently spoke to a reader who was surprised to learn that the chest in the Founders’ Room once belonged to Francis Bacon...

Unfortunately this is not true.

The initials on the left panel look like FB, but they’re more likely TB (based on the style of T in the inscription along the top). And even if they were FB, there’s no evidence FB was Francis Bacon except that a previous owner wanted it to be Bacon.

Please take a chance to make sure this change (cleared up in 1991) has been made to the Docent Handbook at the desk!