Category: Representations of Anne Boleyn
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#portraittuesday – Anne Boleyn as The Lady of the Garter

| May 9, 2023

#portraittuesday – Anne Boleyn as The Lady of the Garter

This week’s image is from the 1534 Black Book of the Garter attributed to Lucas Horenbout… Here are links to articles on this, which give more information: https://www.theanneboleynfiles.com/another-contemporary-image-anne-boleyn/ https://www.theanneboleynfiles.com/update-anne-boleyn-lady-garter-image/ https://www.theanneboleynfiles.com/anne-boleyn-lady-garter-image-arguments/

#portraittuesday – The John Hoskins miniature of Anne Boleyn

| April 25, 2023

#portraittuesday – The John Hoskins miniature of Anne Boleyn

For this week’s #portraittuesday, I’m sharing this stunning miniature of Anne Boleyn by John Hoskins. Isn’t it lovely? It dates to the 17th century, but historian Eric Ives believes that Hoskins based it on an earlier portrait, a contemporary portrait. Historian Eric Ives believes that Hoskins had access to a now lost full-length portrait of […]

#portraittuesday – The Hever Castle Rose portrait of Anne Boleyn

| April 18, 2023

#portraittuesday – The Hever Castle Rose portrait of Anne Boleyn

My very favourite portrait of Anne Boleyn is the Hever Rose portrait of her, a beautiful painting which you will find on display in Anne Boleyn’s childhood home, Hever Castle. I’ve even had a copy done in oil of this portrait, that’s how much I love it! The portrait is similar to the National Portrait […]

#portraittuesday – The NPG portrait of Anne Boleyn

| April 11, 2023

#portraittuesday – The NPG portrait of Anne Boleyn

For my first #portraittuesday post, I thought I’d look at the famous National Portrait Gallery of Anne Boleyn, which was painted late in the reign of Anne Boleyn’s daughter, Elizabeth I. The NPG Anne Boleyn portrait depicts Anne Boleyn in her famous B necklace and she is wearing a French hood with a velvet veil […]

Claire’s new Anne Boleyn tattoo – Let them grumble!

| November 24, 2021

Claire’s new Anne Boleyn tattoo – Let them grumble!

Hello to you all! I just wanted to share a video I’ve made for the Anne Boleyn Files and Tudor Society YouTube Channel about my latest Anne Boleyn tattoo and the story behind it. In the video, I also explain the origin of the cupboard cloth, from which the image comes, the meaning of Anne […]

The Boleyns: A Scandalous Family – Find out more about the Boleyns

| August 18, 2021

The Boleyns: A Scandalous Family – Find out more about the Boleyns

Episode 1 of BBC Two’s new three-part series on the Boleyn family – The Boleyns: A Scandalous Family – aired on Friday 13th August, and episodes 2 and 3 have already been released on BBC iPlayer. It is a wonderful series and well worth watching because it introduces a very different Boleyn family. Gone are […]

New Anne Boleyn Musical Coming Soon!

| June 21, 2021

New Anne Boleyn Musical Coming Soon!

Thank you so much to Jessy Tomsko, the composer and lyricist for the musical “BOLEYN”, and the team for writing this guest article for us and telling us more about this wonderful project. It’s lovely that Anne is still inspiring people today. Over to Jessy… “BOLEYN” seeks to smash the caricature and give Anne Boleyn […]

Did Anne Boleyn bring down Cardinal Wolsey?

| May 13, 2021

Did Anne Boleyn bring down Cardinal Wolsey?

In this latest edition of my Fan Q&A series of videos, I’m answering an interesting question posed by Kristian from Bulgaria, who was curious about Anne Boleyn’s role in the fall of Cardinal Thomas Wolsey, Henry VIII’s Lord Chancellor and chief advisor. What role did Anne Boleyn have in Cardinal Wolsey’s fall and his eventual […]

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