Thanks Nathan for your generous posts. I am retired and don't pay to subscribe to anyone, it is a great pleasure to be able to read to the end of an interesting article without being stopped and told that only paying subscribers can read the whole article.
I've always found these fascinating and (maybe?) spent more time than necessary staring at the effigies of Elizabeth of York and Henry VII when I visited. Will be really cool to see these used more as starting point for 3D modeling work.
Wow. Any attempt to bring anyone back to life through the production of their real likeness is fascinating. We know what Richard iii looked like and sounded like so why not his nemesis? The bust and funery heads of Henry Vii are fantastic in their reality. Looking forward to finding out more about them and hopefully a 3D model will follow.
I looked on Henry VII last Saturday and it was awe inspiring. To look on the founder of the Tudor dynasty, a man who against all odds and probably even against his own expectations, became King and stopped the constant Wars of the Roses and started to bring England and Wales into the start of the Early Modern Era. His effigy head, certainly has a quiet dignity and presence. Someone I think people would have taken notice of and listened to.
Was also nice to see his grand-daughter Elizabeth's Effigy stays too (I'm a costumer and re-enactor who makes historical costume, particularly the 16th century and "live" as a Tudor at Kentwell Hall in Suffolk's Tudor events ... this summer in August, I will be there as Lady De Vere in 1536). And lovely to see his wife Queen Elizabeth of York too.
I am so impressed with the Gallery area in Westminster Abbey. DH and I spent so much time in there we didn't get to see anything of the Abbey itself and sadly not any time to see King Henry VII's chapel this time.
A very interesting read which makes me want to visit Westminster Abbey to see the effigies. I once visited Bosworth Field a few years ago on 22 August when it commemorated the battle and I chose to have a red rose !
Fascinating stuff! I definitely get a quiet dignity from Henry’s effigy. And I had no idea he was over 6ft tall. I always thought he was around 5ft 10/5ft 11.
I likewise thought Henry VIi was not very tall.
Thanks Nathan for your generous posts. I am retired and don't pay to subscribe to anyone, it is a great pleasure to be able to read to the end of an interesting article without being stopped and told that only paying subscribers can read the whole article.
So he did look a bit like Mat Baynton:))) I always liked the scepticism in his eyes. Or was it evaluation and calculation?..
I've always found these fascinating and (maybe?) spent more time than necessary staring at the effigies of Elizabeth of York and Henry VII when I visited. Will be really cool to see these used more as starting point for 3D modeling work.
Wow. Any attempt to bring anyone back to life through the production of their real likeness is fascinating. We know what Richard iii looked like and sounded like so why not his nemesis? The bust and funery heads of Henry Vii are fantastic in their reality. Looking forward to finding out more about them and hopefully a 3D model will follow.
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I looked on Henry VII last Saturday and it was awe inspiring. To look on the founder of the Tudor dynasty, a man who against all odds and probably even against his own expectations, became King and stopped the constant Wars of the Roses and started to bring England and Wales into the start of the Early Modern Era. His effigy head, certainly has a quiet dignity and presence. Someone I think people would have taken notice of and listened to.
Was also nice to see his grand-daughter Elizabeth's Effigy stays too (I'm a costumer and re-enactor who makes historical costume, particularly the 16th century and "live" as a Tudor at Kentwell Hall in Suffolk's Tudor events ... this summer in August, I will be there as Lady De Vere in 1536). And lovely to see his wife Queen Elizabeth of York too.
I am so impressed with the Gallery area in Westminster Abbey. DH and I spent so much time in there we didn't get to see anything of the Abbey itself and sadly not any time to see King Henry VII's chapel this time.
A very interesting read which makes me want to visit Westminster Abbey to see the effigies. I once visited Bosworth Field a few years ago on 22 August when it commemorated the battle and I chose to have a red rose !
Fascinating stuff! I definitely get a quiet dignity from Henry’s effigy. And I had no idea he was over 6ft tall. I always thought he was around 5ft 10/5ft 11.