Six Lives: The Stories of Henry VIII’s Queens Exhibition

The National Portrait Gallery has announced a new exhibition – Six Lives: The Stories of Henry VIII’s Queens.

The new exhibition will chronicle the representation of the six Queens: Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anne of Cleves, Catherine Howard and Catherine Parr, through the works of Hans Holbein and photographer Hiroshi Sugimoto.

The exhibition will be accompanied by a publication, Six Lives: The Stories of Henry VIII’s Queens, written by the curator, Dr Charlotte Bolland. It will include essays from Professor Suzannah Lipscomb, Dr Nicola Clark, Brett Dolman, Dr Alden Gregory, Benjamin Hebbert, Dr Nicola Tallis and Dr Valerie Schutte.

Six Lives: The Stories of Henry VIII’s Queens will run from 20 June 2024 until 8 September 2024.