Title

Henry VII. and Perkin Warbeck's Wife', 1897.

Caption

'Henry VII. and Perkin Warbeck's Wife', 1897. Lady Catherine Gordon, wife of pretender to the throne Perkin Warbeck, kneels sobbing at the feet of King Henry VII who is dressed anachronistically in uniform of the Napoleonic period. (Lady Catherine (c1474-1537) was imprisoned by Henry but was later freed and became lady-in-waiting to his wife, Elizabeth of York. Warbeck was hanged). From "The Comic History of England" by Gilbert Abbott A Beckett, with satirical illustrations by John Leech. [Bradbury, Agnew & Co, London, 1897]

Date

1897

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19F14_037

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

47,3Mb (3,1Mb) / 12,8in x 14,3in / 3850 x 4296 (300dpi)

Keywords

caricature satire England female women woman people male man men hat country monarch guy clothes British English angry humour king royal uniform crying dress kneeling location Victorian century Britain cry royalty lady concept Tudor B&W MONOCHROME publication 19th century black & white black and white B W nineteenth century 15th century The Print Collector fifteenth century sovereign King Henry VII King of England Napoleonic caricature satire Henry VII Henry Tudor Gordon Beckett Catherine John Leech Gilbert Abbott A Beckett A Beckett Leech John His Majesty The Comic History of England Gilbert a Beckett Gilbert Abbott A Gilbert Abbott Gilbert Abbott à Beckett à Beckett Gilbert Abbott à G A (Gilbert Abbott) Lady Catherine Gordon Catherine Gordon Lady Catherine