Portrait of King Henry VIII of England. In suit of plate armor and helm with plumes with lance for a joust, on a horse with barding and caparison. Emblems indicate the invasion of France and Battle of the Spurs, Henry and Francis I, the Reformation and religious persecuton. Handcoloured steel engraving after an illustration by Mary Ann Rundall from A Symbolical History of England, from Early Times to the Reign of William IV, Truchy, Paris, 1839. Mary Ann Rundall was a teacher of young ladies in Bath, and published her book of mnemonic emblems in 1815.

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Photo credit: © Florilegius / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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