Sorry I’ve gotten so far behind again… Some of this is kind of old news now, but still worthwhile to link to.
* Art Fund and Royal Museums Greenwich launch appeal to save Armada Portrait of Elizabeth I
& Britain has two months to raise
Sorry I’ve gotten so far behind again… Some of this is kind of old news now, but still worthwhile to link to.
* Art Fund and Royal Museums Greenwich launch appeal to save Armada Portrait of Elizabeth I
& Britain has two months to raise
Very sad news about Loades. I enjoyed many of his books, especially his studies of Mary Tudor.
The article on Mary’s portrait jewelry was fascinating. Scarisbrick says the reliquary worn by the queen was “outlawed” and “destroyed” in Elizabeth’s reign; I can’t really see jewel-lover Elizabeth voluntarily allowing a piece of jewelry – especially historic family jewelry – to be destroyed, but I suppose Scarisbrick knows whereof she writes.
Agreed on David Loades, I really enjoyed his first (?) book on Mary – “Mary Tudor: A Life”, although I haven’t gotten around to the newer one.