A historical catalogue of the pictures, herse-cloths and tapestry at Merchant taylors' hall with a list of the sculptures and engravings (1907) (14577009409)

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Title: A historical catalogue of the pictures, herse-cloths & tapestry at Merchant taylors' hall with a list of the sculptures & engravings
Year: 1907 (1900s)
Authors: Fry, Frederick Morris Merchant Taylors' Company
Subjects: Merchant Taylors' Company
Publisher: London, Chapman and Hall
Contributing Library: Getty Research Institute
Digitizing Sponsor: Getty Research Institute



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. In the great Parlour: Three pictures, one of Henry the Eight Charles ye ffirst and Charles ye 2nd.Two heads over the Clocke of an Emperor and Empress. 1 See Account Book No. 31.3 In the interval between 1618 and 1693 it will be seen that thefollowing pictures had disappeared: Queen Elizabeths portraitand her Arms, two of the four small pictures of Dutch fashion,and Speeds three maps. Of course the picture over the chim-ney in the little parlour may have been one of these, but what-ever it was it is no longer in the possession of the Company.It is, however, the only picture in this last Inventory which ismissing. The Pertia Carpett had also disappeared, as well as thefayer Carpett of Tent Worke, unless this last is the largeTapestry Carpett of 1693. It is, however, assumed that the Cubbard Cloth of 1618, the large Tapestry Carpett of 1693,and the existing tapestry No. 23 are identical. All the Inventories from 1512 onwards contain the tapestrieswhose history is given in Appendix A. 4
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PICTURE GALLERY i. KING HENRY VIII WITH SCROLL B. 1491. Began to reign 1509. JD. 1547. Reputed to be by Paris Bordone,b. 1500, d. 1571. Half-length, life-size, fronting; head slightly to his left; jewelledcloth of gold slashed doublet, white shirt with jewelled border,red surcoat, black cap with jewel and white feather, plain blacknarrow riband round his neck; ring on forefinger of right hand,which rests on cushion ; left hand holding scroll, on which isinscribed: MARC I 16 ITE IN MVDVM VNIVERSV ET PREDICATEEVAN GEL IVM OMNI CREATVRE Panel, 29j inches high x 23f inches. Presented to the Company by John Vernon in 1616. (Seethe extract from the Court Records given in the account ofVernons portrait, No. 31.) There is a similar portrait of Henry at Hampton Court,about the painter of which there exists a diversity of opinion. 5 It is attributed by various critics to Holbein, Janet, Sotto Cleeve,and Girolamo da Treviso. The picture was painted about 1536,in which year Henry ordered Miles Co