Title

Diary of Edward VI, 1551.Artist: King Edward VI

Caption

Diary of Edward VI, 1551. Diary of his reign extending from his accession, 21 January 1547, to 30 November 1552, the plate representing a portion of a page with entries of 18-20 March., 1551, relating to his father, King Henry VIII's attempt to induce Edward's sister Mary to change her religion [from Catholic to Protestant]. From the first series of Facsimiles of royal, historical, literary and other autographs in the Department of Manuscripts, British Museum: Series I - V, (London, 1899).
The Print Collector collection

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19C17_191

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,0Mb (3,1Mb) / 13,8in x 14,1in / 4147 x 4216 (300dpi)

Keywords

people religious arts religion monarch book letter color colour king royal conversion Christianity Catholic Catholicism century Roman Catholic handwriting diary literature royalty Tudor correspondence manuscript Protestantism facsimile Roman Catholicism 16th century coercion sixteenth century The Print Collector sovereign King of England photograph Queen Mary I Mary I Queen of England and Ireland Bloody Mary Mary Tudor King Henry VIII Henry VIII King Edward VI Edward VI King of England King Henry VIII Queen Mary I photograph