Founder's Ear & Chin

This webpage examines the ear and chin of 39 different portraits of King Edward VI (who died at 15). It is possible that he suffered from Williams Syndrome, which exhibits itself in pointed chin and ears. Of the 41 portraits here, 19 have abnormal ears (E), and 15 have abnormal chins (C). His half-sister (Elizabeth I) shows similar symptoms.

See july-6th-1553-death-of-king-edward-vi .....the young man slipped back into the protracted process of dying. The imperial ambassador later heard that during the last two weeks of his life, Edward was forced to lie flat on his back at all times and vomited up everything he ate, living 'entirely on restoratives and obtaining little or no repose'. As the numerous diseases and ailments his body's failing immune system had opened him up to began to consume him, gangrene set in on his toes and fingers. The medical treatments had been subjected to had caused his skin to deform and blacken, whilst his limbs swelled and his hair began to fall out. Emaciated, ravaged by illness and in constant physical agony, Edward VI, the only son of Henry VIII and Jane Seymour, died at Greenwich Palace in the arms of his childhood friend, Henry Sidney. His last words were 'I am faint; Lord have mercy, and take my spirit.'

01 Richard Burchett (circle of)------E C	02 British (English) School	03 William Scrots (after)------E C	04 unknown artist
05 William Scrots (after)	06 British (English) School------E C	07 Lucas de Heere (after)------E C	08 unknown artist
09 unknown artist	10 British (English) School------E	11 Sampson Strong	12 William Scrots (after)
13 Sampson Strong (attributed to)	14 British (English) School	15 British School------E C	16 William Scrotts------E C
17 unknown artist	18 unknown artist------E C	19 William Scrotts (after)------E	20 British (English) School
21 William Scrots (after)------E C	22 British (English) School	23 unknown artist------E C	24 Linton
25 Netherlandish School	26 William Scrots (attributed to)	27 British (English) School	28 William Scrots (circle of)
29 Federico Zuccaro (after)------E	30 Hans Holbein the younger	31 Hans Eworth (studio of)------E C	32 William Scrots (after)------E C
33 British(English) School (attributed to)	34 British (English) School------E	35 William Scrots------E C	36 Hans Holbein the younger (style of)
37 Hans Holbein the younger (after)	38 Johann Valentin Haidt (attributed to)	39 English School (attributed to)------E C	40 Queen Elizabeth I------E C
41 Queen Elizabeth I------E C

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