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Cecily Heron (née More; 1507–?), one of Thomas More's children, was part of a circle of exceptionally educated and accomplished women who exemplified "learned ladies" for the next two centuries.
A portrait drawing of Cicely Heron (b.1507), daughter of Sir Thomas More, bust-length to front, facing three-quarters right. She wears a headdress, a dress with a square décolletage, and a pendant. The sitters bodice has been loosened to reveal her yellow kirtle beneath, showing her to be pregnant. The drawing is a preparatory study for a ...
17. Apr. 2022 · Cecily More was the [third] daughter of Sir Thomas More (1478-1535) and Jane Colte (1488-1511). She is best known for having been given an unusually fine education and for her presence in various More family portraits.
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Explore genealogy for Cecily (More) Heron born abt. 1507 England died 1540 England including ancestors + children + 1 photos + more in the free family tree community.
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Cecily Heron (née More) (born 1507), Youngest daughter of Sir Thomas More. Sitter in 8 portraits.
Cicely Heron, the youngest daughter of Sir Thomas More, has loosened the bodice of her gown, revealing her yellow kirtle beneath, to accommodate her changing body shape during pregnancy. Another practical option was to insert an additional piece of fabric known as a placard or stomacher between the two sides of a bodice. During this period a ...
Our starting point is Hans Holbein’s astonishingly fresh chalk sketch of Cicely Heron from the 1520s. Heron was the daughter of Thomas More – the early English philosopher, Renaissance humanist and chancellor to Henry VIII – and her gown’s lacing is clearly loosened for her growing stomach.
