3-074-941 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

The Tudor Exhibition, 1890. 'Queen Elizabeth's Watch; the Essex Ring; Love token given by Henry VIII to Anne Boleyn; Anne Boleyn's Book of Prayers, the cover designed by Holbein; Portion of a Sovereign as mutilated by Qn. Elizabeth (facsimile); The Penruddocke Jewel, 1554; Cup presented by Queen Elizabeth to Sir Francis Drake; Saint Thomas à Becket's Grace Cup, 1525-6; Violin presented by Qn. Elizabeth to the Earl of Leicester; Helmet and Funeral Crest of Sir Wm. Sidney; Lord Pembroke's Historical Armour; Queen Elizabeth's Coronation Ruffle and Shoes; Hawk's Vervels; Anne Hathaway's Spoons...[Items from an] exhibition of memorials of the English Kings and Queens, Princes and Princesses, and other connections of the Royal House of Tudor...articles of costume, furniture, and decoration belonging to eminent historical personages will be inspected with much interest. The show of suits of armour and weapons is one of the finest hitherto placed on view'. From "Illustrated London News", 1890.