Print study, drawing, George Vertue, 1750

Edward vi granting the royal charter to bridewell hospital, 1553, after the painting then attributed to holbein in bridewell; the king, wearing a crowned hat and an ermine-lined mantle, enthroned, with a cloth of state behind him and a canopy and drapery overhead gives the charter to sir george barnes, the lord mayor, about him grouped various dignitaries. 1750 watercolour and bodycolour, on vellum. Date: 1750. Dimensions: Height: 446 mm; Width: 527 mm. Medium: wool. Depicted People: Edward VI, King of England. Collection: British Museum. Print study, drawing (BM 1889,0806.308)