King Henry VIII of England celebrating May Day with

King Henry VIII of England celebrating May Day with his first queen Catherine of Aragon, circa 1509. He is dressed in anachronistic Victorian outfit of top hat, coat, chain breeches and boots. Catherine wears a veil and dress with long train held by pages. King Henry VIII and his queen Out a-Maying. Handcoloured steel engraving after an illustration by John Leech from Gilbert Abbott A'Beckett's Comic History of England, Bradbury, Agnew and Co. London, 1880

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