The second print on a card shows the engraving by Bartolozzi, after Holbein, of a bearded gentleman. The face excepting the nose appears to closely resemble the portrait of Sir Thomas in St Peter's Church at Hever.
The engraved brass monument on the tomb provides the only known clear surviving portrait of Anne Boleyn's father. The face is unusually distinctive and is similar to Holbein's bearded man shown above. This man is also closer to the correct age for Sir Thomas. The man in Holbein's drawing titled Ormond is much younger but might be Anne's brother George.
While there seems to be no reason to doubt the identification of the early or contemporary Radclyffe painting as Anne Boleyn, the Holbein drawing of Sir Thomas might require the recovery of the Bullen skull for confirmation.of the identity to be certain.
The tomb chosen for the burial of Sir Thomas would already have been quite ancient at the time of the burial of Sir Thomas in 1539, which explains its degraded condition. The pre-owned tomb dates back to the 15th century or earlier and lacks provenance. The Boleyn family might have run out of money and have acquired an old tomb from one of the many despoiled monasteries.
Anne Boleyn print about 6 x 4 ins,, and 'after Holbein' Sir Thomas Bullen (?) card 7 1/2 x 6 ins.See other items for more details and for newly discovered portrait of the Elizabethan muse and great grand daughter of Mary Boleyn.