'The Barber-Surgeons Picture', (c1872). Creator: Unknown.

'The Barber-Surgeons Picture', (c1872). Creator: Unknown.

2-699-147 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'The Barber-Surgeons Picture', (c1872). Engraving after 'Henry VIII Presenting a Charter to the Barber Surgeons Company', painting by Holbein. The king presenting a charter to Thomas Vicary, the first Master of the Company of Barbers and Surgeons, in 1540. The painting, which hung in the Barber Surgeons' Hall in the City of London, was said by Samuel Pepys to have been badly damaged in teh Great Fire of 1666. From Old and New London, Vol. II: A Narrative of Its History, Its People, and Its Places, by Walter Thornbury. [Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co., London, Paris & New York]


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People Information

Creator
  1. Unknown, attributed to: :
After
  1. Hans Holbein the Younger: German: Artist, painter, printmaker, draughtsman
  2. Bernard Baron: French: Artist, printmaker, draughtsman, engraver
Subject
  1. King Henry VIII: British; English: King of England
  2. Thomas Vicary: English: Barber surgeon
People Related
  1. George Walter Thornbury: British: Author, writer, journalist

Picture Type
  1. Portrait

Category Hierarchy

Trade & Industry Occupations

People Royalty

People Famous People

Artistic Representations Portraits

History & Politics Other

People Other


Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 7833x5203
File Size : 119,400kb


Aliases

  1. 0580061244
  1. 2-699-147
  1. 2699147

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