The UK National Archives has an on-line exhibition for the 500th anniversary of Henry VIII’s accession to the throne: Henry VIII – Power, Passion, Parchment. The exhibition features some documents that you can zoom in on and examine up close.
And here is an article from the Telegraph on the exhibition – Salacious claims of Anne Boleyn’s incest in Henry VIII documents placed online
Well, at least they interviewed John Guy this time, and not Starkey. Although Guy seems to be turning into the secondary “go-to” historian for a Tudor quote.
Haven’t seen that portrait of Anne before, either. Any info on its origin, besides the Getty?
This is interesting.Some new information into the insight of the Boleyn trial.Whether true or false is another matter.
I’ve come across that one before, but I can’t recall where. I think a lot of those etchings were made in the 18th and 19th centuries, probably for books. Some are obviously made from a particular portrait (like the NPG Anne Boleyn), but some are more fanciful or they were based on a portrait that is no longer thought to be the person. I don’t know any specifics on this one though.
I’ll have to see if it is in one of my old (19th and early 20th century) books. I have a small collection which will hopefully grow one of these days – I’m a sucker for old history and science books. 🙂
Interesting portrait of Anne. This one I’ve never seen before. I always wonder who choses the artwork to accompany an article and/or if there is any research into what is going to be shown.
It looks like Anne went into Henry’s closet and chose one of his hats!
Yet another comment…
Glad the article writer went to John Guy instead of that other fella. How do these historians get chosen for their input? Are each offered the opportunity to make known their ideas and then whomever responds first gets the credit?
You never see Ives being quoted in reference to Anne. Wonder why that is, especially as he wrote such a difinitive bio on her.
I get emails from picture researchers fairly regularly, so I know one of the ways they pick images is by first doing a Google search! I know some use the big catalogs, like Bridgeman. The unfortunate part of that is that they have some images incorrectly labeled, so that’s why you’ll occasionally see an image called “Anne Boleyn” (or whomever) that we know is actually a princess of France or Portugal or something.