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- Henry died 21 st April 1509. He’d suffered from gout and asthma. The death mask, which is exactly what it says it is, was made to form part of the funeral effigy which would have lain on top of Henry’s casket when it was transported to Westminster for burial. The wooden image would have been dressed, and looked exactly, as Henry looked in life.
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May 21, 2020 · Death mask of King Henry VII is brought to astonishing life in a digital restoration. News. By Mindy Weisberger. published 21 May 2020. The king died in 1509 and is buried in Westminster...
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May 17, 2020 · Henry died of tuberculosis on 21 April 1509 AD. His death mask, from which Matt’s reconstruction was made, was produced to form part of the funeral effigy which would have lain on top of Henry’s casket when it was transported to Westminster Abbey in London for burial.
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Jan 25, 2016 · Polydore Vergil, The Anglia Historia. The three images that spring to mind are Henry VII’s death mask for his funeral effigy; his bust by Torrigiano and the effigy on top of the vault where he is entombed in Westminster Abbey. Henry died 21 st April 1509. He’d suffered from gout and asthma.
May 25, 2020 · The astonishing digital reconstruction has been made using the ancient king’s death mask. It shows the gaunt, sombre face of the man who started Britain’s Tudor dynasty when he assumed the...
May 25, 2020 · Mindy Weisberger Live Science May 25, 2020. The somber face of Britain's King Henry VII was recently given a digital makeover, in an astonishingly photorealistic reconstruction. Graphic artist Matt Loughrey produced the image of the deceased king from Henry VII's death mask, which was cast in 1509.
May 26, 2020 · Updated 12:52, 26 May 2020. |. Bookmark. The true face of King Henry VII has been brought to life in an astonishingly realistic digital reconstruction. Matt Loughrey, a graphic artist who...
Apr 21, 2015 · 9 years ago Author: Claire Ridgway. 15 Comments. At 11 o'clock on the night of 21st April 1509, King Henry VII died at Richmond Palace. It was not a sudden death, the king had been ill for some time and had shut himself away at Richmond since January.
