GEORGE VERTUE (1684-1756)
Edward VI (1537-1553) (after attributed to Scrots)
1745RCIN 452476
A watercolour portrait of Edward VI as a young boy, shown full length, wearing an ermine-lined cloak. After a portrait in the Royal Collection which is now attributed to William Scrots (RCIN 404441). This watercolour shows the state of the oil portrait, which had been extended at top and bottom, in 1745. The extensions were removed in around 1800.