Edward VI Portrait acquired by Hampton Court
September 24 2025
Picture: Tracy Borman via. Facebook
Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:
News from the Historic Royal Palaces (via. @warwick_historian on Instagram) that Hampton Court have displayed their latest acquisition, a portrait of Edward VI based on the Guillim Scrots prototype. The acquisition is accompanied by new materials online regarding uncovering Edward's nursery at the Palace.
The painting, which had been sold at Roseberys earlier this year, will be on public display in the Palace from today onwards.
Update - A quote from the HRP's press release:
Historic Royal Palaces purchased the portrait at auction in March this year, with the with the generous support of the Meakins Family . After a period of assessment and preparation, it is now hanging in the Wolsey Rooms at Hampton Court, built in the 1520s for Thomas Wolsey, the palace’s original owner, and one of the oldest surviving apartments at Hampton Court. These rooms are open to the public and host a permanent exhibition of Tudor art and important historic artefacts from the sixteenth century that tell the story of this tumultuous age of change, and the Tudor dynasty’s relationship with the wider world.
