156 Painters in the Reign of Henry VIII. 



printed by Walter Lynn 1538, quarto, the 

 title is a wooden cut reprefenting Edr 

 ward Vi. fitting on his throne giving the 

 bible to the Archbifliop and Nobles kneel- 

 ing : This and feveral head-pieces in the 

 fame book were defigned by Holbein, and 

 probably feme of them, cut by him s one has 

 his name. 



On the death of Sir Thomas Wyat the 

 poet in 1 541, a little book of vcrfcs, enti- 

 ruled Naenia, was publifhed by his great 

 admirer Leland. Prefixed was a i^^oodcn cut 

 of Sir Thomas from d, picture of Holbein, 

 with thefe lines j 



Holbenus nitida pingendi maximus arte 

 Effigiem expreffit graphice ; fed nullus Apelles 

 Exprimet ingenium felix animumque Viati. 



Of his archite6lure nothing now remains 

 ftanding but the beautifull porch at the earl 

 of Pembroke's at Yv'ikon. From that and 

 his drawin.c;s it is evident that he had o-reat 

 natural tafte. One cannot but lament that 

 a noble monument of his genius has lately 

 been demolifhed, the gateway at Whitehall, 

 fuppofed to have been eredled for the entry 

 cf Charles V. but that was a miflake j the 



em.peror 



