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Anne Boleyn, head and shoulders, in a roundel; below, a putto holding a torch downwards, Anne Boleyn's head and an axe. Engraving by J. Houbraken, 1738, after H. Holbein the younger.

Henry VIII holding the hand of Ann Boleyn; Cardinal Wolsey sits by the throne on the right, Katherine of Aragon in the background. Engraving by T. Cook after W. Hogarth, 1804.

Two women with elaborate hairstyles and necklaces (designated as Anne Boleyn and Catherine of Aragon) and two others wearing hats and fancy dress (Punch and his wife Joan). Coloured wood engraving.

The medical history of the first three wives of Henry the Eighth and their offspring / by Andrew S. Currie.

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Anne Boleyn, Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England, 1507-1536

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Anne Boleyn, head and shoulders, in a roundel; below, a putto holding a torch downwards, Anne Boleyn's head and an axe. Engraving by J. Houbraken, 1738, after H. Holbein the younger.

The medical history of the first three wives of Henry the Eighth and their offspring / by Andrew S. Currie.

Henry VIII holding the hand of Ann Boleyn; Cardinal Wolsey sits by the throne on the right, Katherine of Aragon in the background. Engraving by T. Cook after W. Hogarth, 1804.

Two women with elaborate hairstyles and necklaces (designated as Anne Boleyn and Catherine of Aragon) and two others wearing hats and fancy dress (Punch and his wife Joan). Coloured wood engraving.