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King Henry VI  wikidata:Q129172245 reasonator:Q129172245
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Unknown authorUnknown author Attributed to the Sheldon Master (fl. 1580-1610)
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Title
King Henry VI
Part of Sheldon Portraits Collection Edit this at Wikidata
Object type painting
object_type QS:P31,Q3305213
Genre portrait Edit this at Wikidata
Description
English: Portrait of Henry VI with arched top frame

This painting once formed part of the set of paintings assembled by Ralph Sheldon (c. 1537–1613) at Weston Park, Warwickshire, during the 1590s. Sheldon had commissioned a set of at least twenty-two portraits of Kings, Queens, and English and European historical figures. The paintings recognisable by their arched tops and distinctive frames, which would have been decorated with linked medallions or the like. reference

Provenance: Commissioned by Ralph Sheldon (c. 1537–1613), by direct descent to William Sheldon (1715–1780);

His posthumous sale ('A catalogue of the Elegant and Rich Household [sic] Furniture [... ] pictures [...] of the late William Sheldon, esq; dec. at his seat, called Weston, near Long Compton, in the County of Warwick'), on the premises, Weston House, Warwickshire, Christie's, 27 August – 11 September 1781.

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Painted for Weston House in Warwickshire, probably commissioned by Weston's builder, Ralph Sheldon (died 1613); presented to Eton College by Head Master (later Provost) Edward Craven Hawtrey (Head Master 1834-1853) in 1848 (with a portrait of Henry VI)

Inscription: Painted inscription lower edge of frame 'Dedit E.C.H. 1848'; upper edge of frame 'Fundator'
Depicted people Henry VI
Date 1590s
date QS:P571,+1590-00-00T00:00:00Z/8
Medium oil on panel
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q106857709,P518,Q861259
19th-century frame
Dimensions height: 850 mm (33.46 in); width: 750 mm (29.52 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,850U174789
dimensions QS:P2049,750U174789
Accession number
FDA-P.122-2010
Place of creation England Edit this at Wikidata
Object history
  • 3 September 1781: auctioned (lot 25) at Christie's Edit this at Wikidata
Credit line Eton College
Inscriptions
  • HENRY. THE. 6. Edit this at Wikidata
References Portrait sets in Tudor and Jacobean England, p. 225  Edit this at Wikidata
Source/Photographer https://catalogue.etoncollege.com/object-fda-p-122-2010
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