Title

Arrival of Queen Henrietta Maria at the Tower of London, c1625 (c1638(?)). Artist: Anon

Caption

Arrival of Queen Henrietta Maria at the Tower of London, c1625 (c1638(?)). The youngest daughter of Henry IV of France and Marie de' Medici, Henrietta Maria de Bourbon (1609-1669) married King Charles I of England in 1625. The illustration shows beacons lit on tthe Tower of London and nearby church towers to commemorate her arrival in London.

Date

1638

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/London Metropolitan Archives

Reference

HRM19B03_268

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

30,4Mb (1,8Mb) / 9,2in x 12,8in / 2768 x 3842 (300dpi)

Keywords

transport transportation exterior river water building buildings London England River Thames Thames people boat boats country French France tower monarch ship ships fire British geography celebrations English castle queen royal celebration celebrating waterfront palace commemoration fortification location century rowing boat beacon arrival Britain royalty princess concept outside Tower of London riverbank arriving transporting B&W MONOCHROME 17th century sailing ship water transport black & white black and white B W Stewart Stuart Tower Hamlets seventeenth century Guildhall Library & Art Gallery geographical feature sovereign TGN queen consort of King Charles I engraving Anon Anonymous King Charles I Charles I Henrietta Maria Queen Henrietta Maria Henriette-Marie de Bourbon de Bourbon Henriette-Marie Bourbon Henriette-Marie de King of Great Br Princess Henrietta Maria