2-705-193 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'King Edward The Sixth', (early-mid 19th century). Portrait of Edward VI (1537-1553), King of England. The son of Henry VIII and Jane Seymour, Edward became king in 1547 when just nine years old. His rule was characterised by harsh Protestant reform. He died young of tuberculosis. 'From the original of Holbein, in the collection of the Right Honourable The Earl of Egremont'. [The London Printing and Publishing Company, London]