In this video, Jessica the Museum Guide (that’s me!) takes you on Part 2 of every single portrait in the Tudor Gallery at the National Portrait Gallery in London. Watch Part 1 here:    • Every Tudor at the National Portrait ...  

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VIDEO SUMMARY
In Part 2 of this Tudor Museum Tour we pick up where we left off and begin with King Edward VI, the son of Henry VIII and Jane Seymour. Next, we explore the lives of his sisters, Queen Mary I and Queen Elizabeth I, and cousin Mary, Queen of Scots and delve into the world of Elizabethan intrigue and drama.

This National Portrait Gallery museum tour covers every single portrait in the Tudor Gallery, and explains the meanings, symbolism, and stories behind the art.

0:00 - Introduction to the Tour
1:51 - King Edward VI - A Doomed Boy King
5:38 - Anamorphic Portrait of King Edward VI
6:49 - Queen Mary I - "Bloody Mary"
11:34 - Thomas Cranmer - Burnt Alive at the Stake
13:56 - Queen Elizabeth I - The Coronation Portrait
16:16 - Queen Elizabeth I - The Darnley Portrait
17:50 - Francis Walsingham - Elizabethan Spy
19:58 - William Cecil - Elizabeth's Spirit
21:00 - Mary. Queen of Scots - An Enduring Character
24:47 - Robert Dudley - Elizabeth's True Love?
28:55 - Ralph Simons - Portrait of a Craftsman
29:48 - Sir Francis Drake - The Dragon
32:46 - Sir Walter Raleigh - Swashbuckling Hero or Slave Trader?
34:33 - Henry Lee - The Queen's Champion
36:33 - Elizabeth I - The Ditchley Portrait
37:45 - Sir Henry Unton - A Whimsical and Bizarre Portrait
40:22 - Robert Devereaux - Elizabeth's Final Favourite
42:15 - Sir Philip Sidney - Poetry and Game Theory
43:16 - Queen Mary I - The Eworth Portrait
44:31 - Queen Elizabeth I - The Phoenix Portrait


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