A hand tinted cartoon from 1850 depicting Henry VIII, meeting Francis I
A satirical illustration King Henry VIII of England and King Francis I of France meeting at the Field of the Cloth of Gold. Lavishly decorated tents were constructed at the Field of the Cloth of Gold, the meeting place near Calais in France, where Henry VIII of England and Francis I of France met to arrange an alliance between their countries between June 7 and 24, 1520
Drawn by John Leech (1817 - 1864)