Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales
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Classification
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Accession Number
S/NPG.77.43.28
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About this artwork
Born Plymouth, England
Art Historical Context
This striking 1618 engraving by Francis Delaram captures Henry Frederick Stuart, Prince of Wales (4–1612), the eldest son of King James of England. Created six years after the prince's untimely death from typhoid fever at age , the portrait served as a posthumous tribute, immortalizing a figure who embodied Jacobean ideals of royal masculinity and martial prowess. Delaram, a English engraver born in Plymouth, specialized in detailed line work that brought royal likenesses to life, making this print a prime example of early 17th-century portraiture dissemination. Adorned in ornate armor, a fea...