2-702-383 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'Eduard VI', (1933). Portrait of Edward VI (1537-1553) as a prince, before he came to the throne. Edward, the longed-for heir of Henry VIII, was King of England and Ireland from 28 January 1547 until his death, possibly due to consumption, at the age of 15. After a miniature made c1542 by Hans Holbein. From "Gestalten Der Weltgeschichte", a book of cigarette-card portrait miniatures of figures in world history from the last four hundred years. [Germany, 1933]