Title

Catherine Howard, fifth wife and Queen of Henry VIII, (1825). Artist: Sarah, Countess of Essex

Caption

Catherine Howard, fifth wife and Queen of Henry VIII, (1825). Catherine (c1520-1542) became the fifth queen consort of Henry VIII on 28 July 1540. She is sometimes known by Henry's reference to her as the rose without a thorn. Despite this, he had her beheaded because of her alleged adultery. From Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth, published in 1825.
Historica Graphica Collection

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Historica Graphica Collection

Reference

HRM19D58_230

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No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,1Mb (2,3Mb) / 12,0in x 16,3in / 3587 x 4881 (300dpi)

Keywords

England female women woman people country marriage monarch costume British English headdress color colour dead queen royal death medieval dress location century Britain royalty lady concept Tudor wife headgear mediaeval Middle Ages 16th century sixteenth century executed queen consort sovereign Catherine Howard King of England watercolour portrait gouache King Henry VIII Henry VIII Howard Queen Consort of England Catherine Historica Graphica Collection Sarah Countess of Essex Essex Sarah Countess of King Henry VIII gouache watercolour portrait