Title

'Sir Thomas More', 1527, (1902). Artist: Hans Holbein the Younger

Caption

'Sir Thomas More', 1527, (1902). 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. Illustration from Henry VIII, by A F Pollard, published by Goupil and Co, (London, New York, Paris, Edinburgh, 1902).
The Print Collector collection

Date

Nov 30, 1999

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19C26_494

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,0Mb (7,0Mb) / 12,4in x 15,7in / 3712 x 4710 (300dpi)

Keywords

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