ILLUSTRATIONS

KING HENRY VIII Reproduced in colour, by kind permission of Earl Spencer, G.C.V.O. Althorp. Frontispiece

1. GEORG GISZE (1532) Reproduced in colour. Kaiser Friedrich Museum, Berlin. 4

2. HANS OF ANTWERP (1532) Reproduced by gracious permission of H.M. the King. Windsor Castle. 8

3. HERMANN HILLEBRANDT WEDIG (1533) Reproduced in colour. Kaiser Friedrich Museum, Berlin. 17

4. (1) DERICH BORN (1533) Reproduced by gracious permission of H.M. the King. Windsor Castle. 18

(2) DERICH TYBIS (1533) Imperial Gallery, Vienna. 18

5. DERICH BERCK (1536) Reproduced by kind permission of Lord Leconfield. Petworth, Sussex. 22

6. THE TRIUMPH OF RICHES Design for the wall-decoration in the Guildhall of the London Steelyard Merchants. Pen-and-wash drawing heightened with white Louvre, Paris. 26

7. THE TRIUMPH OF POVERTY Seventeenth-century copy, by Jan de Bisschop, of the wall-decoration in the Guildhall of the London Steelyard Merchants. British Museum. 27

8. APOLLO AND THE MUSES Design for the decoration of the Steelyard on the occasion of the coronation of Anne Boleyn. Pen-and-wash drawing touched with green. Royal Print Room, Berlin. 31

9. THE TWO AMBASSADORS: JEAN DE DINTEVILLE AND GEORGE DESELVE (1533) Reproduced in colour. National Gallery, London. 36

viii10. PORTRAIT OF A MUSICIAN Reproduced by kind permission of Sir John Ramsden, Bt. Bulstrode Park, Bucks. 52

11. ROBERT CHESEMAN (1533) Reproduced in colour. Royal Picture Gallery, Mauritshuis, The Hague. 54

12. CHARLES DE SOLIER, SIEUR DE MORETTE Royal Picture Gallery, Dresden. 63

13. TITLE-PAGE OF COVERDALE’S BIBLE (1535) Woodcut. From a copy in the British Museum. 76

14. SIR THOMAS WYAT Drawing in black and coloured chalks. Reproduced by gracious permission of H.M. the King. Windsor Castle. 79

15. PORTRAIT OF A LADY, PROBABLY MARGARET WYAT, LADY LEE Until recently in the collection of Major Charles Palmer, by whose kind permission it is reproduced. Mr. Benjamin Altman’s Collection, New York. 82

16. SIR RICHARD SOUTHWELL (1536) Reproduced in colour. Uffizi Gallery, Florence. 84

17. SIR NICHOLAS CAREW Drawing in black and coloured chalks. Reproduced in colour. Public Picture Collection, Basel. 87

18. HENRY VII AND HENRY VIII Cartoon for the Whitehall wall-painting. Reproduced by kind permission of the Duke of Devonshire, G.C.V.O. Chatsworth, formerly at Hardwick Hall. 97

19. HENRY VIII National Gallery, Rome. 102

20. QUEEN JANE SEYMOUR Reproduced in colour. Imperial Gallery, Vienna. 111

21. THE DUCHESS OF MILAN (1538) Reproduced in colour. National Gallery, London. 128

22. EDWARD VI WHEN PRINCE OF WALES (1538-9) Reproduced by kind permission of the Earl of Yarborough. Earl of Yarborough’s Collection. 165

23. EDWARD VI, WHEN PRINCE OF WALES Drawing in black and coloured chalks. Reproduced by gracious permission of H.M. the King. Windsor Castle. 167

ix24. QUEEN ANNE OF CLEVES (1539) Reproduced in colour. Louvre, Paris. 181

25. THOMAS HOWARD, DUKE OF NORFOLK Reproduced in colour, by gracious permission of H.M. the King. Windsor Castle. 197

26. HENRY HOWARD, EARL OF SURREY Drawing in black and coloured chalks. Reproduced by gracious permission of H.M. the King. Windsor Castle. 200

27. PORTRAIT OF AN UNKNOWN YOUNG MAN (1541) Reproduced in colour. Imperial Gallery, Vienna. 202

28. PORTRAIT OF AN UNKNOWN YOUNG MAN WITH A FALCON (1542) Reproduced in colour. Royal Picture Gallery, Mauritshuis, The Hague. 203

29. (1) PORTRAIT OF AN UNKNOWN ELDERLY MAN Kaiser Friedrich Museum, Berlin. 205

(2) PORTRAIT OF AN UNKNOWN ENGLISH LADY Imperial Gallery, Vienna. 205

30. DR. JOHN CHAMBER Imperial Gallery, Vienna. 208

31. MINIATURES (1) Henry Brandon. (2) Charles Brandon. (3) Lady Audley. (4) Queen Catherine Howard. Reproduced by gracious permission of H.M. the King. Windsor Castle. (5) Portrait of an Unknown Youth. Reproduced by gracious permission of H.M. the Queen of Holland. Royal Palace, The Hague. (6) Thomas Cromwell, Earl of Essex. Reproduced by kind permission of the late Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan. New York. 222

32. STUDY FOR THE PORTRAIT OF A FAMILY GROUP Indian-ink wash drawing with brush outline. British Museum. 226

33. MINIATURES (1) Mrs. Robert Pemberton. Reproduced by kind permission of the late Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan. New York. (2) Hans Holbein: Self-Portrait. Wallace Collection. 228

x34. (1) UNKNOWN ENGLISHMAN. (2) WILLIAM PARR, MARQUIS OF NORTHAMPTON Drawings in black and coloured chalks. Reproduced by gracious permission of H.M. the King. Windsor Castle. (1) 256 (2) 256

35. THOMAS, LORD VAUX Drawing in black and coloured chalks. Reproduced by gracious permission of H.M. the King. Windsor Castle. 257

36. (1) UNKNOWN MAN, SAID TO BE JEAN DE DINTEVILLE (2) MARY ZOUCH Drawings in black and coloured chalks. Reproduced by gracious permission of H.M. the King. Windsor Castle. (1) 257 (2) 257

37. (1) LADY AUDLEY. (2) LADY MEUTAS Drawings in black and coloured chalks. Reproduced by gracious permission of H.M. the King. Windsor Castle. (1) 257 (2) 257

38. “THE LADY HENEGHAM”: POSSIBLY MARGARET ROPER Drawing in black and coloured chalks. Reproduced by gracious permission of H.M. the King. Windsor Castle. 258

39. PORTRAIT OF AN UNKNOWN YOUNG MAN Drawing in black and coloured chalks. Reproduced in colour. Public Picture Collection, Basel. 259

40. THE QUEEN OF SHEBA’S VISIT TO KING SOLOMON Silver-point drawing washed with colour. Reproduced by gracious permission of H.M. the King. Windsor Castle. 262

41. QUEEN JANE SEYMOUR’S CUP Pen-and-ink drawing. British Museum. 274

42. HANS OF ANTWERP’S CUP Pen-and-wash drawing. Public Picture Collection, Basel. 275

43. SIR ANTHONY DENNY’S CLOCK Indian-ink wash and pen drawing. British Museum. 276

44. DESIGN FOR A DAGGER HILT AND SHEATH Pen-and-ink and Indian-ink wash drawing. British Museum. 277

xi45. (1) DAGGER SHEATH WITH FOLIATED ORNAMENT (DATED 1529). (2) UPRIGHT BAND OF ORNAMENT: PIPER AND BEARS. (3) DAGGER SHEATH WITH THE “JUDGMENT OF PARIS” Public Picture Collection, Basel. 278

46. (1) DAGGER SHEATH WITH A DANCE OF DEATH. (2) DAGGER SHEATH WITH A ROMAN TRIUMPH. (3) DAGGER SHEATH WITH “JOSHUA’S PASSAGE OF THE JORDAN” Public Picture Collection, Basel. 278

47. FIVE DESIGNS FOR DAGGER HILTS British Museum. 278

48. EIGHT DESIGNS FOR PENDANTS AND ORNAMENTS British Museum. 279

49. NINE DESIGNS FOR PENDANTS British Museum. 279

50. NINE DESIGNS FOR MEDALLIONS OR ENSEIGNES British Museum. 280

51. (1) BAND OF ORNAMENT: CHILDREN AT PLAY. (2) BAND OF ORNAMENT: CHILDREN AND DOGS HUNTING A HARE Public Picture Collection, Basel. 282

(3) DESIGN FOR A COLLAR, WITH NYMPHS AND SATYRS. (4) DESIGN FOR A CHAIN. (5) DESIGN FOR A BRACELET OR COLLAR WITH DIAMONDS AND PEARLS. British Museum. 282

52. DESIGNS FOR ARABESQUE ENAMEL ORNAMENTS British Museum. 282

53. DESIGNS FOR MEDALLIONS, &c. (1) Hagar and Ishmael. (2) The Last Judgment. (3) Icarus. (4) Diana and Actæon. (5) Cupid and Bees. (6) “I await the Hour.” (7) The Rape of Helen. Reproduced by kind permission of the Duke of Devonshire. Chatsworth. 285

54. HENRY VIII GRANTING A CHARTER TO THE BARBER-SURGEONS’ COMPANY Reproduced by kind permission of the Barber-Surgeons’ Company. Barber-Surgeons’ Hall, London. 288

1Hans Holbein the Younger