Collector's Journal — Historical Art
Sir Thomas More: An Imposing Tudor Portrait in the Manner of Hans Holbein the Younger
Antique Paintings British History British Portraiture Cheffins Fine Art Collar of Esses Fine Art Collecting Hans Holbein Hans Holbein the Younger Henry VIII Historical Art Historical Portrait Manner of Hans Holbein Old Master Portraiture Renaissance Portraiture Sir Thomas More The Collector's Journal Thomas More Portrait Tudor Art Tudor History Tudor Painting Tudor Portrait Tudor Rose
A substantial early 20th-century oil portrait of Sir Thomas More, painted in the manner of Hans Holbein the Younger and inspired by the celebrated Tudor portrait tradition. Presented in a decorative gilt frame with Cheffins Fine Art provenance.
The Sinking of Yamato: Eric Tufnell and the Final Sortie of Japan’s Great Battleship
7 April 1945 Art Research Battle of the East China Sea Battleship Yamato Captain Kosaku Aruga Collectors Journal Commander Eric Tufnell Eric Tufnell Historical Art Imperial Japanese Navy Japanese Battleships Maritime Art Naval History Naval Painting Naval Watercolour Okinawa Operation Ten-Go Pacific War Parker Gallery Provenance Research Royal Navy Second World War Vice Admiral Seiichi Ito WW2 Naval Art Yahagi Yamato
In 1963, Royal Navy Commander and marine artist Eric Tufnell painted the destruction of Yamato during Operation Ten-Go, only eighteen years after the battle. The original Parker Gallery correspondence and invoice survive, documenting the commission for a private collector.
