Tag Archives: Portrait

Elizabeth of York 1466-1503, Queen of Henry VII

The daughter of Edward IV, Elizabeth married Henry VII in 1486, thus uniting the Houses of York and Lancaster. She bore him seven children, four of whom survived infancy: Prince Arthur ,Henry VIII , Margaret, Queen of Scotland , and Mary, Queen of France and subsequently Duchess of Suffolk .
Subject gender: Female
Artist: W.Holl

Size 28 x 18 cms

Price £18.00

Ref:1355x

William Warham 1450?-1532 Archbishop of Canterbury

An influential churchman and statesman, Warham was appointed Bishop of London in 1502 and Archbishop of Canterbury and Lord Chancellor in 1504, crowning Henry VIII in 1509. Though he clashed with Wolsey as the latter’s power and authority increased, the two men worked together on the King’s divorce.
Subject gender: Male
Artist: W.T.Mote

Size 28 x 18 cms

Price £18.00

 

Ref:1354x

Lady Jane Dudley (née Grey) 1537-1554

Protestant claimant to the throne. She was the granddaughter of Henry VIII’s sister Princess Mary, and in 1533 married Lord Guildford Dudley, son of the Duke of Northumberland. Under Northumberland’s influence Edward VI willed her the crown. The sixteen-year old Jane was proclaimed queen at his death in 1533 and reigned for nine days until captured by supporters of Mary Tudor. She was executed 1554.

Subject gender: Female
Artist: H.T.Ryall

Size 28 x 18 cms

Price £22.00

Ref:1188x

Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey (1517?-1547), Poet

Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey (1517?-1547), Poet

Courtier, soldier and poet at the court of Henry VIII. He was at one time suggested as a husband for Princess Mary (later Mary I). He introduced blank verse into England, and was responsible, along with Sir Thomas Wyatt, for bringing the sonnet form to this country from Italy. His personal vanity, ambition and powerful family connections led Henry VIII to regard him as a threat, and he was executed on a false charge of treason.
Subject gender: Male
Artist: J.Cochran

Size 28 x 18 cms

Price £18.00

STK.1193x