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The Whitehall mural reveals one deeper secret about the ... strove against was parental disapproval. The truth is that Henry VIII was never more than a pale reflection of Henry VII.
It reveals that the portrait of Henry VIII made for the Whitehall palace mural was nearly identical to the full-length portrait from ca. 1540. The cartoon for the right-hand side has been lost to ...
A 48-by-20-foot mural on the east side of Whitehall's parks and recreation building at John Bishop Park could be, city leaders hope, the catalyst to spur more public art. The mural, created by the ...
Some time around 1536, Hans Holbein the Younger was finessing Henry VIII's crotch ... size preparatory drawing for a mural that once covered an entire wall at Whitehall Palace in London ...
At the time it was the home of Thomas Cranmer, the Archdeacon of Taunton who went onto become the Archbishop of Canterbury and helped Henry ... mural of the King, painted in the Palace of ...
"The original mural, on the wall of the Privy Chamber ... it bears and the possibility it is the last image of Henry VIII drawn direct from the life." Dr Harris insisted the portrait's "non ...
As he got older, he used a walking stick, a wheelchair and pulley mechanism installed at Whitehall Palace to lift him up and down the stairs. 'Henry VIII crafted his image carefully, hiding his ...