Prince Edward, later King Edward VI Franz Xaver Habermann after a painting of 1699

after a painting of 1699

In the foreground the Archbishop of Canterbury is crowning the king

Plate 7 from volume I of The natural history of Carolina

Lewis Weston Dillwyn was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1804

with Yorkist and Lancastrian cavalry charging towards each other

Prince Edward, later King Edward VI Franz Xaver Habermann after a painting of 1699'Prince Edward, later King Edward VI', c1540, (1902). The son of Henry VIII and Jane Seymour, Edward VI (1537 1553) became king in 1547 when just 9 years old. His rule was characterised by harsh Protestant reform. He died, probably of tuberculosis, in his teens. Illustration from Henry VIII, by A F Pollard, published by Goupil and Co, (London, New York, Paris, Edinburgh, 1902).