Title

Letter from Edward VI to his uncle, Edward Seymour, 18th September 1547.Artist: King Edward VI

Caption

Letter from Edward VI to his uncle, Edward Seymour, 18th September 1547. Letter written from Otlandes (Oatlands) by King Edward VI written (on faintly ruled pencil lines) when he was not quite ten years of age, to his uncle, Edward Seymour, Duke of Somerset, Protector, on receipt of the news of his victory over the Scots at Pinkie (10th September). From the fourth 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_221

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,2Mb (2,8Mb) / 16,6in x 11,8in / 4972 x 3530 (300dpi)

Keywords

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