Early Kings and Queens
17 March 2012 - 4 November 2013
- Partnership exhibition
King William I ('The Conqueror')
by Unknown artist
circa 1620
NPG 4980(1)
One of the most important surviving sets of Tudor royal portraits returns to Montacute as a special display. Painted between 1590 and 1610, this lively and entertaining visual chronology of English monarchy includes images of rulers from William the Conqueror (1027-87) to Mary I (1516-58).
Extensive technical analysis of the set was carried out in 2011, including dendrochronology (tree-ring dating) and x-radiography, and the findings are the subject of this display. The set of sixteen portraits was previously in the collection of the Duke of Leeds before purchase by the National Portrait Gallery in 1974 and loan to Montacute the following year.
King Edward III PDF resource
King William I PDF resource
Queen Mary I PDF resource
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- Case study 1 - Portraits of two medieval kings
- Case study 2 - 16th Century double portrait
- Case study 3 - Four portraits of Edward VI
- Case study 4 - Henry VII
- Case study 5 - Portrait of Bishop Foxe
- Case study 6 - Portrait of John Astley
- Case study 7 - Portraits based on designs by Hans Holbein the Younger
- Case study 8 - Portrait of Sir Thomas Gresham
- Case study 9 - Portrait of Sir Henry Lee
- Case study 10 - The Phoenix and the Pelican
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