Thomas Wolsey, 16th century English cardinal and statesman mb-code 2377961 22nd March 1972 P029096

22nd March 1972 P029096

A satire linking the cult of Vitruvius (which deduces laws of composition and canons of beauty from the measurements of ancient columns and statues) with the preposterous hairdos of the beau monde

and fought at Naseby and Newbury where he was wounded

Plate 38 from Bright's Medical Reports: Diseases of the brain and Nervous System part 2 by Richard Bright (London

Thomas Wolsey, 16th century English cardinal and statesman mb-code 2377961 22nd March 1972 P029096Thomas Wolsey, 16th century English cardinal and statesman, (1825). Wolsey (c1475 1530) was Henry VIII's most important government minister and the most powerful person in England, besides the King, for many years. He was actively involved in the diplomatic efforts to obtain approval for the ending of Henry's marriage to Catherine of Aragon. From Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth, published in 1825.