2-951-214 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

''Henry VIII. And Model of the "Great Harry"', (1902). 'We owe the founding of the Royal Navy to Henry VIII. Before his time there seems to have been no standing navy, private ships being hired and armed when a war-fleet was needed. With the accession, however, of Henry VIII. (1509), England began to take her right place as a naval powerr. The new king was rich and clever, bluff and hearty, a thorough "John Bull", with a proud resolute spirit that would brook no denial'. From "King Edward's Realm; Story of the Making of the Empire", by the Rev. C. S. Dawe, B.A. [The Educational Supply Association, Limited, Holborn Viaduct, London, 1902]