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Description
14" (36 cm.) Of padded fabric over wire armature, press-shaped facial features with painted details, applied brunette moustache, beard and hair, closed mouth, shaped hands to hold objects. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: depicted is King Henry VIII of England by the NIADA artist, Dorothy Heizer. Value Points: most realistic portraiture perfectly captures the face and posture of the famed monarch, wearing artist original costume of black velvet jacket with fur-edged front panels and embroidered gold threads over black velvet short pants, leggings, woven shoes, black velvet hat with feathers, emerald necklace, rings and costume accents, and carrying jewel-encrusted scabbard.