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Further Observations on Ralph Sheldon’s Portrait of Henry VIII

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Further to my recent blog post regarding the rediscovery of Ralph Sheldon’s Portrait of Henry VIII I have had the opportunity to go and see the picture first-hand in Warwick’s Shire Hall (pictured). This short follow-up is dedicated to capturing some interesting observations I have made....

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Ralph Sheldon’s Portrait of Henry VIII Reidentified

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Strange discoveries can happen at any moment, it appears. This is especially the case when your eyes are particularly honed in on gilt frames that feature in the corners of photographs of peoples’ homes on social media. It happened today whilst I was scrolling at speed through ‘X’ (formerly...

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