Or English painting in the fifteenth century, for that matter.
I have found surprisingly little out there. Lorne Campbell's Renaissance Portraits carefully avoids discussing England's input before the Tudors and Fredrick Hepburn leaves out more than he puts in in his Portraits of the Later Plantagenets.
I'm left with cross referencing and suppositions... It's maddening!
I came across that post rather early on. I found it intersting but somewhat frustrating as the author does not cite his sources, and in fact tends to offer the counter image of Henry that has been circulating for longer than you'd think. There are some interesting nineteenth century cartoons that lampoon the jingoism around Henry. Kipling was quite cool in his reception of Henry V.
While it gave me some interesting view on who Henry was, it didn't really advance my research though, as my study is in art history, rather than history.
But in some ways, the portrait is as frustrating as the man himself. There is maddeningly little out there to know about fifteenth century art or even this copy (which dates from the Tudor king Henry VII) . The profile hides as much as it shows. Quite literally. in the end, the face remains unscrutable.
My master's dissertation is in French, but I'll keep you posted with my finds.
The gap is mostly in painting. there is quit abit about sculpture stained glass and manuscripts...
Will do. I'm actually rewriting the entire dissertation (well, at least the first half; most of thesecond half is ok).
I'm hammering away!
Anne Curry is truly a remarkable historian. The little piece you just sent is an interesting reminder of how forceful a personnality is Henry's - even six centuries after his death. his you is parrticularly interesting...
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