Holbein's Henry VIII
Airfix Models
When Henry VIII commissioned Holbein’s portrait in order to try and define how he would be seen, and remembered, he surely couldn’t have imagined that four centuries after his death the Airfix model company would be marketing a seven-inch Henry VIII model, in easy pieces for you to assemble at home… Airfix is rather better known as the maker of models of the Spitfire.
Hampton Court
Visitors to Hampton Court today can see a copy of Holbein’s Portrait of Henry VIII; Hampton Court was also the place where the King James Bible was born.
The National Portrait Gallery
Among the treasures that live at the National Portrait Gallery, you can find not only Holbein’s sketch for his Portrait of Henry VIII, but also photos taken by 'Alice's Adventures In Wonderland' author Lewis Carroll.
