Henry VIII and the Power of Images - Wallace Collection Course
Mon 27 Apr
|The Wallace Collection
Join Dr Christina Faraday in person and online and journey back in time to the 16th century – a tumultuous era when the fate of the Tudor dynasty hung in the balance. We’ll discover art’s crucial role in enabling Henry VIII, Edward VI and their advisors to navigate the most difficult Tudor decades.
Time & Location
27 Apr 2026, 11:00 – 13:00
The Wallace Collection, Hertford House, Manchester Square, London W1U 3BN, UK
About the event
Join Dr Christina Faraday and take a journey back to the middle of the 16th century – a tumultuous time when the fate of the Tudor dynasty hung in the balance. We’ll discover art’s crucial role in enabling Henry VIII, Edward VI and their advisors to navigate the most difficult Tudor decades.
We'll also uncover how art was used to communicate Tudor power beyond this period. Our investigation will reveal that just as this era fascinates us today, it proved to be appealing at the end of the 18th century when the Wallace Collection portraits of Edward VI and Jane Seymour were made.
About the speaker: Dr Christina Faraday, FSA FRHistS, is a historian of art and ideas at the University of Cambridge. She specialises in the art and culture of Tudor England, and is the author of The Story of Tudor Art (2025), the first book to look at art across…