Henry VIII

 

 

Henry VIII

From Strawberry Hill.

Bought Horace Walpole 1770

 

Hone Stone

15.2 x 10.2 cm.

 

 

Provenance: Charles I of England; Thomas Howard., 2nd Earl of Arundel;

 

Passed from Mary, Duchess of Norfolk (d. 1705), to her second husband, Sir John Germain who bequeathed it to his second wide, Lady Elizabeth Germain;

 

1770 March 7, Sale of the Collection of Lady Elizabeth Germaine, by Langford (lot 48), bt Horace Walpole, £16.5.6; 1842,

 

Strawberry Hill Sale, day 20, lot 52 bought John Dent, Esq., £67.4.0; Mrs John Dent Brocklehurst, Sudeley Castle; Private Collection.

 

 

 

Henry VIII

Marble

Ashmolean Museum. Oxford