Formerly in the possession of the
Bodenham family, Rotherwas Hall,
Hereford. Reproduced by kind
permission of Mr. Ayerst H. Buttery.
_Mr. Ayerst H. Buttery, London._
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NOTE
The following abbreviations are used in the footnotes to this book:—
_C. L. P._, for Calendars of Letters and Papers, Foreign and
Domestic, of the Reign of Henry VIII.
Davies, for _Hans Holbein the Younger_ (Gerald S. Davies).
Ganz, _Holbein_, for _Holbein d. J., des Meisters Gemälde in 252
Abbildungen_ (Klassiker der Kunst).
Ganz, _Hdz. Schwz. Mstr._, for _Handzeichnungen Schweizerischer
Meister_, ed. Dr. Paul Ganz.
Ganz, _Hdz. von H. H. dem Jüng._, for _Handzeichnungen von Hans
Holbein dem Jüngeren._
Woltmann, for _Holbein und seine Zeit_ (A. Woltmann).
Wornum, for _Some Account of the Life and Works of Hans Holbein_ (R.
N. Wornum).
In order to obviate the constant use of a somewhat long official title,
the Public Picture Collection, Basel, is generally referred to in this
book as the Basel Gallery.
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