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Henry Frederick (1594–1612), Prince of Wales

Image credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London

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A head-and-shoulders portrait looking towards the viewer. The sitter wears a lace ruff, a pearl earring in his left ear, and Garter robes, with the text of the motto, 'Honi soit qui mal y pense', delineated on the right. Henry was eldest son of James I of England, but when he died in 1612, his younger brother Charles, later Charles I, became heir to the throne. Henry's mother was Anne of Denmark, a leading art patron. The great warship, the 'Prince Royal', was named after him and Pett designed a miniature galleon for Henry's use on the Thames. Peake was Serjeant Painter to James I and specialised in portraits of the monarch and his court.

National Maritime Museum

London

Title

Henry Frederick (1594–1612), Prince of Wales

Date

early 17th C

Medium

oil on panel

Measurements

H 44 x W 30 cm

Accession number

BHC4181

Work type

Painting

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