Sir Thomas More (1478-1535), Lord Chancellor, classical scholar, author of 'Utopia' and canonized 1935
Sitter associated with 52 portraits
The great humanist scholar and author of Utopia, More became Henry VIII's Lord Chancellor in 1529. He opposed the King's divorce from Catherine of Aragon and refused to take the Oath of Supremacy, which acknowledged Henry as head of the Church of England. He was executed for treason in 1535 and canonised by the Catholic Church in 1935.
Sir Thomas More and his Family
by F. Strickland
pen and ink, probably 19th century
NPG D1
attributed to Thomas Athow, after Hans Holbein the Younger
watercolour, early 19th century
NPG D23246
after Hans Holbein the Younger
line engraving, published 1817
NPG D5295
after Hans Holbein the Younger
line engraving, published 1817
NPG D5296
after Hans Holbein the Younger
line engraving, published 1817
NPG D5297
after Hans Holbein the Younger
line engraving, published 1817
NPG D5298
by Thomas Anthony Dean, published by William Pickering, after Hans Holbein the Younger
stipple engraving, published 1829
NPG D24316
Pope Pius XI (Ambrogio Damiano Achille Ratti) (on obverse); Sir Thomas More; John Fisher
by Aurelio Mistruzzi
bronze medal, 1935
NPG D7201
by Samuel Taylor, after Hans Holbein the Younger
mezzotint, (circa 1525-1550)
NPG D19004
after Hans Holbein the Younger
red tonal carbon print, (circa 1527)
NPG D39012
Sir Thomas More, his father, his household and his descendants
after Rowland Lockey, after Hans Holbein the Younger
gelatin silver print, (1593-1594)
NPG D39014
by Renold or Reginold Elstrack (Elstracke), published by Compton Holland
line engraving, published circa 1618-1619
NPG D19782
possibly by Crispijn de Passe the Elder, after Hans Holbein the Younger
line engraving, 1620
NPG D19185
by Pieter Stevens van Gunst, after Adriaen van der Werff
line engraving, 1697
NPG D39007
by Jacobus Houbraken, after Hans Holbein the Younger
line engraving, 1740
NPG D19687
by Jacobus Houbraken, published by John & Paul Knapton, after Hans Holbein the Younger
line engraving, published 1741
NPG D39003
by Jacobus Houbraken, published by John & Paul Knapton, after Hans Holbein the Younger
line engraving, published 1741
NPG D39004
by Jacobus Houbraken, published by John & Paul Knapton, after Hans Holbein the Younger
line engraving, published 1741
NPG D39008
Thomas More II (grandson)
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