25 JANUARY 1902, Page 33

HISTORICAL ART.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."]

SIR,—I was surprised to read in your notice in the Spectator of January 18th of the historical pictures at the New Gallery that there is no authentic portrait of Henry VIII. in oils by Holbein. Many pictures of the King no doubt are spurious, but surely the one in the Lodge at Trinity College, Cambridge, is a genuine Holbein.—I am, Sir, &c.,

R. W. D.