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Elizabeth Tailboys was the Tudor monarch's illegitimate lovechild who would have changed the course of English history had the King, pictured acknowledged her as his at the time.

Elizabeth Tailboys was the Tudor monarch's illegitimate lovechild who would have changed the course of English history had the King, pictured acknowledged her as his at the time.

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an image of a baby laying on top of a bed with caption that says, that awkward moment when you've been swaddled straight into art history

The painting to the right is a very interesting artifact of the Tudor era. According to the Latin inscription in the upper right corner, it's a portrait of Cornelia Burch, age two months. It was painted in 1581 by an unknown artist. We don't know who Cornelia was. It's been theorized that she was the daughter of Thomas, Lord Burgh, who was the English ambassador to Scotland, but there's no proof of it. The painting is interesting for several reasons. Relatively few Tudor era infant portraits…

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