Portrait of Henry VIII Portrait of Henry VIII Portrait of Henry VIII is a lost work by Hans Holbein the Younger depicting Henry VIII. It was destroyed by fire in 1698, but is still well known through many copies. It is one of the most iconic images of Henry and is one of the most famous portraits of any British monarch. It was originally created in 1536–1537 as part of a mural showing the Tudor dynasty at the Palace of Whitehall, London. Hans Holbein the Younger, originally from Germany, had been appointed the English King's Painter in 1536. The portrait was created to adorn
John Burnet (painter) John Burnet (painter) John Burnet (March 1781 or 20 March 1784 – 29 April 1868) was a Scottish engraver and painter. Son of the Surveyor-General of Excise of Scotland, Burnet was born either in Edinburgh in 1781 or in Fisherrow in 1784. He was apprenticed to the engraver Robert Scott and later trained at the Trustees Academy. In 1806, he moved from Edinburgh to London, where he became an established painter of portraits, landscapes, and rural genre scenes. Between 1808 and 1862, he exhibited regularly at the Royal Academy, the British Institution and with the Society of British Artists and