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Anne Boleyn
The most well-known
of Henry VIII’s wives, Anne was born around
1500 and spent much of her
childhood in the service of the French Queen where she developed a taste
for the clothing and art of that region. She returned to England in 1521 and went to
court to attend Queen Catherine. It was here that she first caught the
eye of King Henry VIII, who soon after began to seek annulment from his
marriage to Catherine of Aragon.
Although this
arrangement was not popular with the nobles, Anne was finally wed to the
king in 1533 and
gave birth to Princess Elizabeth (later Elizabeth I) six months later..
After a couple of failed pregnancies by the queen and desperate to
produce a male heir, Henry VIII began to turn his attention to Jane
Seymour, one of Anne’s ladies-in-waiting. Soon afterwards Anne, along
with her brother and two other gentlemen, were arrested on false charges
of adultery, incest, and treason. Her accused lovers were executed after
being found guilty in a speedy trial. Anne was beheaded by an expert
swordsman from France a few days later on May
19,
1536.
About the Doll
Anne is a reworked vinyl doll that stands
10" tall. She is elegantly dressed in a burgundy velvet
gown with gold trim and a gold satin underskirt.
Her severed head hangs from her right
hand and wears a
matching headdress with her hair held in a gold net snood. Her neck is
severed with a slightly diagonal cut to mimic the path of a sweeping
sword blade. Bone and muscle tissue can been seen from the bleeding neck
stump on the shoulders, while only bloodied muscle tissue is visible
beneath the chin of the head.
This doll is available for sale.
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