TUDOR FACES: Observations and Musings on Tudor Portraiture and Personalities
A rare artifact from Katheryn Howard's brief queenship from The British Library.
'An Excellent Work on the True Difference between Royal and Ecclesiastical Power' by Edward Foxe (1534). From Henry VIII's book collection at Westminster in 1542.
On the cover - 'K' for Katheryn and 'H' for 'Henry'.
Illustrations of Henry VIII, attributed to the Dutch artist Cornelis Anthonis (1505-1553).
From the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.
A set of Tudor monarchs and their wives:
The Duke of Buccleuch with a miniature of Elizabeth I (by Nicholas Hilliard)
On this day, the teenage Lady Jane Grey was tragically executed in 1554.
In the 19th century, she was esteemed by the Victorians as a representation of ideal womanhood - courageous, virtuous, and devoutly Protestant.
Her death (as a sacrificed innocent) was popularized by artists such as Paul Delaroche and George Cruikshank. Their sketches (later worked up into famous images) are from The British Museum's collection.
On this day in 1587, Mary Queen of Scots was executed at Fotheringhay Castle in Northamptonshire.
Most of us are familiar with the images of Mary in later life during her long sad captivity in England.
Here instead, are 2 pictures of Mary (by François Clouet) as a young girl at the French court, with a life still full of promise ahead of her.
