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Let $X$ be a del Pezzo surface of degree $1$, and let $G$ be the simple Lie group of type ${\text{E}}_8$. We construct a locally closed embedding of a universal torsor over $X$ into the $G$-orbit of the highest weight vector of the adjoint representation. This embedding is equivariant with respect to the action of the Néron-Severi torus $T$ of $X$ identified with a maximal torus of $G$ extended by the group of scalars. Moreover, the $T$-invariant hyperplane sections of the torsor defined by the roots of $G$ are the inverse images...