Thomas Cranmer
(1489-1556), Archbishop of CanterburySitter in 47 portraits
Appointed Archbishop of Canterbury in 1533 following the death of William Warham, it was Cranmer who secured Henry VIII's divorce from Katherine of Aragon later the same year. In the reign of Edward VI he was responsible for the first Book of Common Prayer, published in 1549. As a committed Protestant, Cranmer was deprived of office under the Roman Catholic Mary I and tried for treason. He eventually acknowledged Papal supremacy and the truth of Roman Catholic doctrines except for transubstantiation, but recanted just before his execution.
by Charles Picart, after Gerlach Flicke
stipple and line engraving, 1823 (1545)
NPG D41893
after Unknown artist
stipple engraving, published 1825
NPG D24944
by Henry Bryan Hall, after James Warren Childe, after Unknown artist
stipple engraving printed in colours, published 1839
NPG D34236
by Henry Bryan Hall, published by C. Birch, after James Warren Childe
stipple engraving, published May 1839
NPG D34327
Lady Jane Grey ('Lady Jane Grey's reluctance to accept the Crown')
by Herbert Bourne, after Charles Robert Leslie
engraving, published 1886
NPG D36325
issued by Sarony & Co, after Gerlach Flicke
gravure cigarette card, 1925 (1545-1546)
NPG D48936
by Richard Houston, published by Henry Parker, published by Elizabeth Bakewell, after Gerlach Flicke
mezzotint, 1759
NPG D20274
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