1The Tudors

The oldest and most famous part of the collection: Henry VII, Henry VIII, Elizabeth I and their court, with the Holbein cartoon and the Ditchley portrait at its heart.

In This Area

The Chandos Portrait of William Shakespeare

Attributed to John Taylor, About 1600 to 1610

Floor 3, Tudor and Jacobean galleries

Queen Elizabeth I, the Ditchley Portrait

Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger, About 1592

Floor 3, Tudor galleries

King Henry VII

Unknown Netherlandish artist, 1505

Floor 3, Tudor galleries

King Richard III

Unknown English artist, Late sixteenth century

Floor 3, Tudor galleries

King Henry VIII and King Henry VII, the Whitehall Cartoon

Hans Holbein the Younger, About 1536 to 1537

Floor 3, Tudor galleries

Anne Boleyn

Unknown English artist, Late sixteenth century, after a lost original of about 1533 to 1536

Floor 3, Tudor galleries

Samuel Johnson

Sir Joshua Reynolds, About 1756 to 1757

Floor 3, Georgian galleries