death masks

Here’s dashing, romantic Bonnie Prince Charlie….

Dec 31, 2023

anniversaries, genealogy, Science

Charles “III”, Culloden, death masks

Well, these death-mask/skull-inspired recreations of famous figures from the past are surely interesting….and seldom seem to chime with the impression we’ve always formed of the person concerned. Bonnie Prince Charlie is definitely of the latter type. Here’s me with a romantic idea of the dashing Stuart prince whose very name echoed through the glens of…
Whose sweet visage inspired this….?

Nov 23, 2023

anniversaries, art, battles

armour, death masks, Henry VII, Henry VIII, horned helmet, Maximilian I

Every so often this absolutely ghastly object comes to the headlines. It’s vile. Grotesque. No question. Like something from a modern horror/fantasy movie, except that it dates back to the 15th century. “….The Horned Helmet of King Henry VIII is a truly enigmatic and iconic artifact that continues to intrigue historians and scholars alike….” Apparently it was…
THE DEATH OF HENRY VII

Apr 21, 2019

anniversaries, battles, religion, sources

Arthur “Tudor”, Battle of Bosworth, Clifford Brewer, death, death masks, diseases, Francis Bacon, Henry VII, Henry VIII, John Fisher, Lady Margaret Beaufort, Polydore Vergil, Ralph Holinshed, Reformation, Richmond Palace, Thomas Penn, tuberculosis, Westminster Abbey

UPDATED POST ON sparkypus.com A Medieval Potpourri https://sparkypus.com/2020/05/14/the-death-of-henry-vii/ Henry VII on his deathbed : Wriothesley’s Heraldic Collection Vol 1 Book of Funerals. c Unknown artist’s impression of Tudor being crowned in the aftermath of Bosworth.. It must have seemed surreal to him as he wandered through the dead kings apartments at Westminster that had now,…
So who did Anne Mowbray take after….?

Nov 18, 2018

anniversaries, art, genealogy

Anne Mowbray, Anne of Gloucester, bigamy, Canterbury Cathedral, Cecily Neville, death masks, Doyle’s Official Baronage, Edward III, Edward IV, Edward the Black Prince, Elizabeth Berkeley, Elizabeth Wydeville, facial resemblance, hair colour, Henry Bourchier Earl of Essex, Henry Duke of Warwick, Henry V, Henry VIII, illegitimacy, John Ashdown-Hill, John Earl of Shrewsbury, John Mowbray Duke of Norfolk, Lady Eleanor Talbot, Lady Elizabeth Talbot, Margaret Beauchamp, Richard Beauchamp Earl of Warwick, Richard II, Richard of Salisbury, Richard of Shrewsbury, Richard of Warwick, St. Mary’s Hall Coventry, St. Mary’s Warwick, Thomas Talbot Viscount Lisle, William Bourchier Count of Eu, William Lord Berkeley

What is one of the first things we say on seeing a new baby? Something along the lines of how much the new arrival takes after his/her father/mother/uncle/aunt/grandfather etc. etc. For those of us with a great interest in history, it is almost irresistible to compare various historical figures in the same way. For instance,…
IS THIS THE FACE OF KATHERINE de VALOIS?

Oct 27, 2018

anniversaries, art, buildings

Catherine de Valois, Dean Stanley, death masks, Edward III, effigies, Elizabeth Hickey, Henry V, Henry VII, Ireland, Jubilee Galleries, Lady Chapel, Lawrence Tanner, Meath, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, Samuel Pepys, Stackallen Church, Westminster Abbey

Catherine de Valois wooden funeral effigy on the left and the stone head thought to represent her on the right. Westminster Abbey is the home to a collection of unique and wonderful medieval wooden funeral effigies. These are to go on show once again in June 2018 with the opening the Abbey’s new Jubilee Galleries.…

death masks

Here’s dashing, romantic Bonnie Prince Charlie….

Whose sweet visage inspired this….?

THE DEATH OF HENRY VII

So who did Anne Mowbray take after….?

IS THIS THE FACE OF KATHERINE de VALOIS?