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Title: Historical portraits; some notes on the painted portraits of celebrated characters of England, Scotland and Ireland
Year: 1897 (1890s)
Authors: Wheatley, Henry B. (Henry Benjamin), 1838-1917
Subjects: Portrait painters
Publisher: London, G. Bell
Contributing Library: Getty Research Institute
Digitizing Sponsor: Getty Research Institute

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edrepresentation of this queen in Lodges Portraitsis not authentic. The great picture at Hampton Court, HenryVIII. and his Family, now in the queens audiencechamber, represents Katharine Parr seated by theking, with Prince Edward, the Princesses Maryand Elizabeth, and Will Somers and Jane thefool. It was shown at the Tudor Exhibition, inthe catalogue of which it is attributed to GwillimStretes(P). Scharf is of opinion that the head calledPrincess Mary among the drawings at Windsorwas a study of Katharine Parr for this picture. There is a miniature of Jane Seymour by Hilliardat Windsor, which is inscribed 1536, setatis suae 27- lo return to Holbein. Mr. Nichols believesthat there is little doubt that that artist drew thekings natural son, Henry Fitz-Roy, Duke ofRichmond, who lived till 1536, though his portrait,if existing, is not now recognized. At the Pinakothek, Munich, is a portrait of SirBryan Tuke, treasurer of Henry VIII., which issigned Jo. Holpein, a replica of which is in the
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EDWARD VI. SOVEREIGNS AND THEIR COURTS 155 possession of the Duke of Westminster. At theLouvre there are four Holbeins : (1) of WilliamWarham, Archbishop of Canterbury, (2) SirThomas More, (3) Sir Robert Southwell, (4)Anne of Cleves. • At Longleat (the Marquis of Baths) there is aportrait of the Lord Admiral, Thomas Lord Sey-mour of Sudeley, which has been wrongly attributedto Holbein. Of this statesman Latimer said hewas 44 a man furthest from the fear of God thatever he heard of in England. The fine picture at Strawberry Hill containingportraits of Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, andMary, Queen Dowager of France, was bought byWalpole at Lord Granvilles sale. At his . ownsale the Duke of Bedford bought it for ^535 10s.1 There are many portraits of Edward VI., andseveral of these were shown at the South Ken-sington Exhibition of 1866, and at the TudorExhibition, 1890. Most of the portraits attributedto Holbein he could not have painted, but somefew, painted when the prince was ver

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