Title

Sir Thomas More, Catholic English lawyer, writer, and politician, (1748). Artist: Unknown

Caption

Sir Thomas More, Catholic English lawyer, writer, and politician, (1748). Portrait of More (1478-1535) as Henry VIII's Lord Chancellor. More refused to subscribe to the Act of Supremacy which made Henry the head of the English Church. In 1534 he was imprisoned in the Tower of London, and beheaded on a charge of treason the following year.
The Print Collector collection

Date

1748

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19C10_360

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,0Mb (3,7Mb) / 10,7in x 18,1in / 3214 x 5440 (300dpi)

Keywords

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