Sarah’s Trip to the Tower of London

Posted on 20th May 2012 by Tamise

Read about Sarah’s trip to the Tower of London at her history blog.

Sarah’s Trip to London – The Tower of London

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Katherine Parr Quincentenary

Posted on 19th May 2012 by Tamise

Reports on Camilla Duchess of Cornwall’s visit to Sudeley Castle and how she met the school girl playing Lady Jane Grey.

Camilla shown historic love letter – Lancashire Evening Post

Duchess of Cornwall shown Katherine Parr love letter – Gloucestershire Echo

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Two interviews with Hilary Mantel

Posted on 19th May 2012 by Tamise

Two more interviews with Hilary Mantel about ‘Bring Up The Bodies.’

Death of a queen provides literary fodder for centuries by Susan Wyndham – The Age – 19th May.

Surprised by a trilogy: Hilary Mantel on her Tudor saga – Los Angeles Times – 18th May

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Get ‘The Fall of Anne Boleyn’ by Claire Ridgway free on Kindle today and tomorrow

Posted on 18th May 2012 by Tamise

Author Claire Ridgway, is giving away free copies of her new book ‘The Fall of Anne Boleyn: A Countdown’ on Kindle today and tomorrow to commemorate the anniversary of Anne Boleyn’s execution.

The Anne Boleyn Files

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Double Take: Versions and Copies of Tudor Portraits at National Portrait Gallery

Posted on 18th May 2012 by Tamise

Portraits of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn will feature in a new exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery in London. Opening on June 26th, the exhibition runs until 9th September 2012.

The exhibition is free and will be on display in Room 2.

The National Portrait Gallery website says:

‘This display brings together five pairs of near identical portraits in order to explore how and why multiple versions and copies of portraits were made in the sixteenth century. Portraits of prominent Tudor sitters from the Gallery’s collection: Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn, Archbishop William Warham, the merchant Thomas Gresham and Lord Treasurer Thomas Sackville, are paired with portraits that have been generously loaned from other collections.

These portraits were produced to satisfy a demand for images of monarchs and prominent courtiers that often lasted long after the sitter’s death. Technical analysis undertaken as part of the Making Art in Tudor Britain project has used dendrochronology, infrared reflectography, x-radiography and photomicroscopy to explore the process by which these works were made and to discover which are contemporary versions of portraits, and which are later copies.’

From National Portrait Gallery

Further details – National Portrait Gallery

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