Volume 2

On the deaths of some eminent persons of modern times / [Henry Halford].

  • Halford, Henry, 1766-1844
Date:
1835
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: On the deaths of some eminent persons of modern times / [Henry Halford]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    twenty, is said to have been one of the hand¬ somest and most portly men of his time. In proof of his comely looks in his early manhood, I may refer you to Holbein’s pic¬ tures of him at Windsor, and more especi¬ ally to that whole-length portrait of him at Belvoir Castle; and as to his stature, I may arome from the remains of him which I have O seen in his coffin, and from his favourite large arm-chair, which is still preserved in the corridor at Windsor Castle. As life advanced, however, he became corpulent, unwieldy, and gross in his habit, was covered with sores, and died of a dropsy at the age of fifty-six. Henry’s state of health, in the decline of his life, made him a great dabbler in physic, and the King not only offered medical advice on all occasions which presented themselves, but made up the medicines himself, and administered them. We find in that curious