Henry VI and his court, mid-15th century, (1843).Artist: Henry Shaw # 1149960

Henry VI and his court, mid-15th century, (1843).Artist: Henry Shaw

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Henry VI and his court, mid-15th century, (1843). The nobleman with the flowing beard is 'good duke Humphrey', Henry's uncle. The man kneeling behind the king is also an uncle - Henry, Cardinal Beaufort. From the tapestry in St Mary's Hall, Coventry, probably made before 1447, the date of Duke Humphrey's death. Illustration from Dresses and Decorations of the Middle Ages from the Seventh to the Seventeenth Centuries, by Henry Shaw, (London, 1843).