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Public DomainA portrait of Anne Boleyn, the doomed second wife of Henry VIII.Almost 500 years after her tragic death, Anne Boleyn remains one of the most famous women in English history. King Henry VIII tore apart his kingdom to be with her, divorcing his first wife, Catherine of Aragon, and forcing an historic split between England from the Catholic Church. Then, when she failed to give him a male heir, the king sent Anne Boleyn to her death in 1536. But despite her fame, portraits of Anne Boleyn made during her own lifetime remain exceedingly rare.But now, a group of researchers have applied A.I. facial recognition technology to a set of drawings by Hans Holbein the Younger, a noted German portraitist in the Tudor court. Their findings suggest that one sketch, long believed to depict Anne Boleyn, actually portrays her mother, Elizabeth Howard. Meanwhile another drawing, known only as Unidentified Woman, may actually be a portrait of Anne Boleyn.The Supposed Anne Boleyn Portrait That May Depict Her Mother, Elizabeth HowardAs a study in npj Heritage Science reports, researchers began with a collection of portraits by Hans Holbein, who sketched the likenesses of many members of King Henry VIIIs court in the 16th century. Though 85 of Holbeins works survive, only 30 have been confidently identified. Others were only labeled centuries later, raising questions about the accuracy of those labels.Using facial recognition technology, which looks at bone architecture and geometric features, researchers made surprising conclusions about two of Holbeins works. The first sketchs subject, which had been identified as Anne Boleyn, seems to in fact be her mother.Historians had long speculated about this portrait. Contemporaneous accounts and paintings have depicted Anne Boleyn as slight, with dark hair. However, this newly-analyzed Holbein portrait presents a more heavyset woman with blond hair.Royal Collection TrustThis portraits subject, identified as Anne Boleyn, may actually be her mother, Elizabeth Howard.Whats more, though historians long assumed that this alleged Anne Boleyn portrait was meant as a token for the king, the woman in the portrait seems to show signs of illness which an artist would probably not include in a romantic portrayal. However, Boleyns mother, Elizabeth Howard, was diseased with a cough, near the end of her life, and the studys authors wrote that the subjects full or doubled chin [may be] evidence of illness specifically, tuberculosis.Meanwhile, another one of Holbeins drawings, given the label of Unidentified Woman, may actually depict Anne Boleyn.Is Holbeins Unidentified Woman Actually A Portrait Of Anne Boleyn?In other words, though the Holbein sketch labeled as Anne Boleyn may be her mother, Elizabeth Howard, researchers found that another Holbein work, labeled as Unidentified Woman, may actually be Anne Boleyn.Royal Collection TrustResearchers believe that this portrait, labeled as Unidentified Woman, may actually depict Anne Boleyn.Unlike the drawing that may portray Elizabeth Howard, this other sketchs subject bears a strong resemblance to Anne Boleyn. Contemporaneous sources described her like the woman in the drawing as being dark-haired, slender, and with a little neck. Whats more, Holbeins notes suggest that the sitter wore luxury fabrics, including samat (velvet) and damask. Furthermore, the pink-preparatory paper matches the material that Holbein was known to use during Annes courtship with Henry, and her short time as queen before her husband had her beheaded in 1536.Researchers also believe that this illustration was created and handled with special care.The drawings extraordinary preservation treatment precise silhouetting and professional remounting on prepared paperis shared with only two other Holbein drawings, the researchers explained in their study. This rarity is significant: the careful preparation indicates deliberate valuation, not routine handling [it suggests] sustained recognition of its importance through mechanisms now lost to the historical record.The studys findings offer a fascinating window into the story of Anne Boleyn, arguably the most famous of King Henry VIIIs six wives. It was in pursuit of Boleyn that Henry broke up both his first marriage and Englands connection to the Catholic Church. Anne Boleyn was thus one of the most important women in English history, and the new studys findings offer a revealing look at her momentous life.That said, the studys authors noted that their results should be seen as a data point not necessarily a firm conclusion. The data should be taken alongside other information, including historical records, new analyses, and, first and foremost, contemporaneous identification.In this sense, the researchers concluded, facial recognition serves not as an arbiter of identity, but as a rigorous and transparent tool for reassessing long-standing attribution problems where traditional evidence alone has proved insufficient.After reading about these possible portraits of Anne Boleyn, go inside the mystery of sweating sickness, the horrific and mysterious illness that terrorized Tudor England. Then, discover the stories of Henry VIIIs children and how they each changed English history.The post Researchers May Have Just Identified A Rare Portrait Of Anne Boleyn That Was Hiding In Plain Sight For 500 Years appeared first on All That's Interesting.

The Kray twins, Ronnie and Reggie, in 1966.Ronnie and Reggie Kray, better known as the Kray twins, remain perhaps the most infamous criminals in Londons rogue gallery of historical gangsters. During the 1960s, they ruled the streets of Londons rough-and-tumble East End.And while some crime lords kept their heads down and went about their business, the Kray Twins never kept a low profile as they carried out everything from armed robberies to arson while hobnobbing with politicians and celebrities as portrayed in the 2015 film Legend before they were finally brought to justice.The Early Years Of The Kray TwinsRonnie and Reggie Kray were born within ten minutes of each other on Oct. 24, 1933, in Hoxton, London. From a young age, the twins had both a taste for violence and an apparently insatiable desire to become somebody.17-year-old Reggie (left) and Ronnie (right) with their mother, Violet Kray, in 1951.As VICE notes, like their grandfather Jimmy Cannonball Lee before them, the Kray brothers got their schooling in taking and giving a beating early on when they took up boxing. Both became amateur champions.Meanwhile, they displayed some of the differences in character that would inform their future lives as criminals. Reggie was a calmer, more disciplined boxer, while Ronnie showed early signs of his rabid desire to win no matter the cost.And soon, the Kray twins took their fighting into the streets and got themselves into trouble. They started getting involved in gangland activity on the streets of the East End. As Reggie recounted in his memoir Born Fighter, when the Krays were 16, the cops charged them with grievous bodily harm after they attacked a rival gang outside of a dance hall.Two years later, they were called for National Service. Instead, in 1951, they assaulted a police officer and ended up spending a month in prison. While there, they acted so violently and rambunctiously including dumping a latrine bucket on a sergeant, handcuffing a guard to the prison bars, and setting their own beds on fire that they were dishonorably discharged from the army soon after being conscripted. FlickrThe Kray brothers in boxing gear as young men.But soon, they would take their criminal activities to even greater heights. While making a name for themselves thanks to armed robbery and hijacking, they also got into the nightclub business, starting out by turning a small, rundown club in Bethnal Green into a respectable joint.And so they started their ascent of the London underworld.Ronnie And Reggie Kray: Kings Of Gangland LondonThe Kray twins were equal parts celebrity and gangster.As up-and-coming gangsters, the Kray brothers had a particular role model: the stylish boss of Britains underworld, Billy Hill, who according to the Guardian, controlled Soho in the 1950s. Like Hill, the Kray twins bought and paid for their more legitimate businesses with the proceeds from their criminal activities. As they expanded into protection rackets, arson, armed robbery, and sales of black market cigarettes, they also expanded their nightclub empire by purchasing a string of clubs in the East End as well as central London.But although the Krays had a semi-legitimate approach to making money, violence was still integral to how they operated. While both were capable of extreme violence, Ronnies angry flare-ups grew uncontrollable. In 1954, members of a Maltese gang tried to collect protection money from the twins in their newly acquired Regal Billiard Hall. Ronnies response was to attack them with a cutlass.Meanwhile, to legitimize their appearance despite their criminal activities, Ronnie and Reggie Kray maintained an elaborate faade by organizing donations to charity, building a reputation as generous philanthropists. But Ronnies erratic behavior began to erode any notion of their respectability. According to the British Newspaper Archive, in 1956, he received three years in prison after slashing and stabbing a man with a bayonet.While Ronnie was away, Reggie developed their business and criminal interests. By 1957, he had opened the Krays signature club, the Double R, and established their gang called the Firm. Tom Hardy as both Ronnie and Reggie Kray in a scene from the 2015 film Legend.Meanwhile, in prison, Ronnie was struggling with his mental health. In 1958, he transferred to an asylum in Surrey, where doctors diagnosed him with paranoid schizophrenia and administered sedative drugs. Eventually, Reggie was declared sane and transferred back to prison.But upon his release in 1959, Ronnie no longer bore an identical resemblance to Reggie. Prison had taken its toll on Ronnie. He became thickset in face and body and was perhaps even more prone to violent outbursts.Rulers Of Swinging Sixties LondonEarly mugshots of the Kray twins.With Ronnie out of prison and their gang established, the Kray twins became criminal celebrities who owned around 30 popular nightclubs, bars, and restaurants. In his autobiography, My Story, Ronnie recalled:They were the best years of our lives. They called them the swinging sixties. The Beatles and the Rolling Stones were rulers of pop music, Carnaby Street ruled the fashion world and me and my brother ruled London. We were fucking untouchable.With their network of nightclubs established, the Kray brothers were in their element and free to be who they wanted to be.In 1960, the Kray twins acquired Esmeraldas Barn, a club in the West End. Ronnie felt more comfortable being open about his bisexuality in this part of London. Soon he began hobnobbing with a number of high-society gay men that included politicians, actors, and businessmen. While accounts vary, its generally reported that both twins were bisexual, though Ronnie identified more as gay and Reggie more so exhibited interest in women, according to the Mirror. In 1960, Reggie started a relationship with Frances Shea, the teenage sister of Firm member Frank Shea. Ronnie became Reggies best man at the wedding five years later.The Kray twins in a scene from 2015s Legend, starring Tom Hardy as both Kray brothers.Ronnies love life, meanwhile, didnt proceed so smoothly. The Kray twins friends included influential Conservative Lord Boothby. Scotland Yard became aware of a relationship between Ronnie and Boothby and developed a dossier on the pair. By the summer of 1964, authorities planned a major operation against them.But when news of the scandalous relationship (homosexuality was a crime in 1960s Britain) between Ronnie and Boothby broke in the Sunday Mirror, Boothby threatened to sue the newspaper. The paper backed down, and after a 40,000 out-of-court settlement, newspapers buried any further stories linked to the Krays.The Kray Brothers And The American MafiaFor years, Ronnie dreamed of turning the Kray twins empire into a version of the New York Mafias infamous killing factory known as Murder, Inc. And in the 1960s, he got his wish. As reported in the book The Kray Files: The True Story of Britains Most Notorious Murderers, the American Mafia advised Ronnie on how to adopt its principles for London gangs, and an important transatlantic criminal alliance was born.But this connection with the Mafia ratcheted up tensions with the Richardson gang, also prominent in London. The Kray twins wanted to expand their gambling interests with the Mafias help, but Ronnie felt the Richardson gang was beginning to encroach on their turf. To make matters worse, George Cornell, a Richardson henchman, reportedly called Ronnie a slur at the Astor Club in December 1965. A gang war broke out.Things escalated on March 7, 1966, when someone killed Firm member Dickie Hart in a shootout and Cornell was believed to be responsible.Then, on March 9, 1966, the Krays learned Cornell was drinking at the Blind Beggar, a pub on the Krays turf in the East End. An incensed Ronnie entered the pub and calmly shot Cornell in the head right in front of everyone.Wikimedia CommonsReggie Kray (second from left) in 1968.Though the cops arrested Ronnie, intimidation from The Firm ensured that no one snitched on him. And when the barmaid was questioned as a witness, she failed to identify Ronnie. Ronnie walked free.A year later, Reggie too would be in trouble for murder. Though they kept evading justice, the Kray twins downfall was on the horizon.The Kray Twins Trial And IncarcerationBy 1967, Reggies two-year-old marriage had taken a turn. In her diary, Frances Shea claimed Reggie came home drunk every night and verbally abused her, and that she tried to get her marriage annulled because it was never consummated. On June 7, feeling trapped in the couples Marble Arch flat, Shea tragically died by suicide via a drug overdose at the age of just 23.The resulting emotions may explain why, just a few months after his wifes death, Reggie viciously murdered Firm member Jack The Hat McVitie after McVitie failed to kill Leslie Payne, a former associate of the Kray twins.When McVitie showed up at a party in northeast London that October, Reggie tried to shoot him, but the gun jammed. After a struggle, Ronnie reportedly held McVitie down as Reggie killed him in brutal fashion, stabbing McVitie in the face, stomach, and chest before impaling him through the throat to the floor with a carving knife. No one ever found McVities body.The murders were the turning point in Scotland Yards ongoing investigation into the Ronnie and Reggie Kray. Under more pressure than ever, members of the Firm finally began to snitch on the twins. On May 8, 1968, the police arrested both Krays at their mothers flat. A year later, the twins received life behind bars for the murders of Cornell and McVitie.FlickrThe grave of Ronnie and Reggie Kray.Even in prison, though, they never strayed from their scheming ways. They operated a bodyguards-for-celebrities business from behind bars, with Frank Sinatra reportedly one of their clients. Ultimately, Ronnie died of a heart attack in March 1995, aged 61. In 2000, Reggie was released on compassionate leave after being diagnosed with terminal bladder cancer. Within weeks, Reggie too was dead, and the story of the Kray twins had finally come to an end.After this look at Ronnie and Reggie Kray,read up on the Teddy Boys who terrorized 1950s Great Britain. Then, discover the stories of historys most famous gangsters.The post How The Kray Twins Ruled The Underworld Of Mid-20th Century London In Style appeared first on All That's Interesting.