Charles V, King of Spain and Holy Roman Emperor straw boater Frontispiece of Myths and Legends

Frontispiece of Myths and Legends of China

Watercolour over pencil heightened with white on two sheets of buff paper

Simon de Burley was Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports and Constable of Dover Castle from 1384-1388

by analysis

'A late arrival at Mother Wood's'

Charles V, King of Spain and Holy Roman Emperor straw boater Frontispiece of Myths and LegendsCharles V, King of Spain and Holy Roman Emperor, (1816). Crowned King Charles I of Spain in 1516, he was the founder of the Habsburg dynasty. He became Holy Roman Emperor in 1519. A print from Fifteen Splendid Portraits of Royal Personages, engraved in mezzotinto by Richard Earlom, Charles Turner and R Dunkarton, printed by J McCreery, Black Horse Court, Fleet Street, London, 1816.