Dr Owen Emmerson

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Historian & Assistant Curator at Hever Castle. Consultant: #WolfHall (BBC, 2024). Broadcaster: Boleyns: A Scandalous Family (BBC); Blood, Sex, & Royalty (Netflix).

A panel portrait of Queen #ElizabethI which also features portraits of Elizabeth’s parents, Henry VIII & Anne Boleyn, as well as two smaller portraits of Elizabeth loosely drawn from the Ditchley & Rainbow portraits.

A newly identified portrait of Princess Mary, later Queen Mary I. Mary is wearing a black court gown with an embroidered, upturned collar. She has a black French hood, and a very distinctive cross set with five diamonds. Mary was gifted this cross in 1546 by her father, King Henry VII.

Dr Owen Emmerson holding an 18th century portrait of Queen Anne Boleyn at Hever Castle.