Warwickshire

Earlier this month, an art historian casually browsing X stumbled upon a post, shared by the British Crown’s representative in Warwickshire, featuring a reception at the local shire hall. In the background, next to a door marked by a neon exit sign, hung a long-lost portrait of the famed Tudor king, Henry VIII, encased in a frame topped by a distinctive rounded arch. A Commission of European Royalty: It’s a Sheldon Series! He immediately sensed that this was a lost and found likeness of Henry VIII , painted in the late 16th century as part of a collection of 22 portraits depicting various European royals , statesmen, and military leaders, as per a state m ent by Warwickshire City Council