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
Henry Thomson (painter) Use to which they are Applied", published in London in 1821. Letitia Elizabeth Landon includes a poem on Thomson's painting "Juliet after the Masquerade" in her "Poetical Sketches of Modern Pictures" in The Troubadour (1826). She wrote another different poem on this subject in The Literary Souvenir, 1828. Henry Thomson (painter) Henry Thomson RA (31 July 1773 – 5 April 1843) was an English artist and Royal Academician who became Keeper of the Royal Academy. As a painter, he specialized in historical, mythological and literary subjects. He was also a translator. Born in Portsea, Portsmouth, Thomson was the son of