The most famous image of Henry V is held by the National Portrait Gallery, it is a 16th century copy, in it Henry looks as if he is at prayer. His hair is cut very short around the ears and at the back which was the style of the time. It is thought that he was painted this way deliberately to hide the right side of his face on which he is said to have a nasty arrow wound received at the Battle of Shrewsbury on the 21st July 1403.
Matthew Ryan, in his text to accompany his images below states:
"The shaft of the arrow was removed but the bodkin remained, left embedded into his skull to a depth of around six inches. This was later removed at Kenilworth Castle by some ingenious work of the surgeon John Bradmore
who later went on to write a detailed account of the procedure."
Matthew Ryan, in his text to accompany his images below states:
"The shaft of the arrow was removed but the bodkin remained, left embedded into his skull to a depth of around six inches. This was later removed at Kenilworth Castle by some ingenious work of the surgeon John Bradmore
who later went on to write a detailed account of the procedure."
You can see Matthew's album on this on his Facebook page here
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and more of his great art work on his website
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You can read more about Henry here
meanderingthroughtime.weebly.com/wars-of-the-roses-blog/king-henry-v
www.facebook.com/matthewryanhistoricalillustrator/media_set?set=a.842095342540698.1073741879.100002207204372&type=3
and more of his great art work on his website
matthewryanhistoricalillustrator.com/
You can read more about Henry here
meanderingthroughtime.weebly.com/wars-of-the-roses-blog/king-henry-v
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