Henry's funeral effigy was 6ft 1in tall. Both his and his wife's were saturated during the Blitz. Elizabeth's head - along with an arm and hand - also survived. The nose of Henry's effigy head ...

From the late 13th century onwards funeral effigies of monarchs and other royal persons were carried in a funeral procession on the coffin beneath a canopy. The effigy was generally close to the ...

For hundreds of years historians have marvelled at the effigy of King Henry VII for being both lifelike and beyond the ...

The lifelike funeral effigy head of Henry VII ... The tomb of Henry VII and his wife, Elizabeth of York, will also be scanned as part of the project Credit: Paul Grover Henry VII died on April ...