Category:Sheldon Portraits Collection

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Sheldon Portraits Collection 
portrait set commissioned by Ralph Sheldon for Weston House, Warwickshire
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  • group of paintings
Location
Number of parts of this work
  • 22
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  • Henry VIII
  • Richard III
  • King Edward VI
  • Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex (1567–1601)
Inception
  • c. 1590s (after 1589, before 1595)
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A series of portraits of English monarchs for the Long Gallery at Weston Hall, in Warwickshire.

The 1781 sale at Christie’s of the Weston portraits show that the group included portraits of Henry IV, Henry V, Edward IV, Richard III, Henry VII, Queen Elizabeth, Charles V, Prince Arthur, Henry VIII, Francis King of France, Edward VI, Queen Mother of France, Henry of Bourbon, King of France, Cardinal Wolsey, L. Cromwell Earl of Essex, Sir Thomas Moore, Duke of Alva, Comte Eglemont, Duke of Guise, Duke of Parma and the Earl of Essex. reference