Thomas Wriothesley (1505–1550), First Earl of Southampton, Hans Holbein the Younger, ca. 1535

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Thomas Wriothesley (1505–1550), First Earl of Southampton, ca. 1535, Vellum laid on card, Irregular, cut down, 1 1/8 x 1 in. (28 x 25 mm), Miniatures, Hans Holbein the Younger (German, Augsburg 1497/98–1543 London), This miniature, which is widely ascribed to Holbein, is based on a drawing by him in the Louvre, Paris. It has apparently been cut down to fit an oval frame. Wriothesley (1508–1550), who was Lord Chancellor and Keeper of the Great Seal, acted as Henry VIII's executor and privy counselor to Edward VI

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