England
After the sudden death of the king of England, Edward VI, in July 1553, Charles V now saw the possibility of an alliance between Spain and England. The Portuguese engagement was broken and negotiations started for a marriage with the successor Mary Tudor. During these negotiations Mor was send to England to paint a portrait of Mary, but the exact date of the painting is unknown. This portrait was much appreciated in England and Mor made at least three versions, much the best known likeness of the queen (Prado, Marquess of Northampton). On 20 December 1553 Philip officially appointed Mor as painter in his service.
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Famous quotes containing the word england:
“New England is the home of all that is good and noble with all her sternness and uncompromising opinions.”
—Ellen Henrietta Swallow Richards (1842–1911)
“I know no more affecting lesson to our busy, plotting New England brains, than to go into one of our factories with which we have lined all the watercourses in the States. A man hardly knows how much he is a machine, until he begins to make telegraph, loom, press, and locomotive, in his own image.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“At all events, as she, Ulster, cannot have the status quo, nothing remains for her but complete union or the most extreme form of Home Rule; that is, separation from both England and Ireland.”
—George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)