Mary's entry into London as Queen, A.D. 1553

In 1908 Byam Shaw was commissioned by Lord Airedale to paint one of the large panels of the New Palace of Westminster (one of the six Tudor decorations for the Houses of Parliament). The panel represents Mary Tudor's first entry into London. Queen Mary stands in the centre, in the act of raising the Duke of Norfolk; next to him in the front kneels Bishop Gardiner, and behind him Courtenay and the Duchess of Somerset. Behind Queen Mary stands Princess Elizabeth. A page in the Tudor livery leads away the Queen's horse, the harness of which is covered with her badges of a Tudor rose and a pomegranate. A crowd watches the proceedings, guarded by Yeomen of the Guard, and in the background is seen the wall outside the moat surrounding the Lion's Tower.
The following lot is a full scale cartoon for the panel.