Do we need another picture of Henry VIII? Better ask his wives…well, the ones who kept their heads and therefore could still speak when they breathed their last. Looking at it, I can safely say it’s as horrible as all the others we know about and I wouldn’t have cared if it had remained in obscurity.
The discovery is all over the media, and here are a few of the many links: Missing portrait of Henry VIII discovered after historian spots it in background of post on X | The Independent and Warwick: Missing Henry VIII portrait found after random spot on X – BBC News and Missing Henry VIII portrait found after random X post (aol.com). There are many more.
Richard III is apparently one of the surviving likenesses (see above) but the only version of it that I could find seemed to be the NPG portrait, minus his head. I don’t quite know what to read into that. Mind you, the rediscovered portrait of Henry VIII, which is at the beginning of this article, is only partial.
Here it is in full:
The New Murrey and Blue blog 
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