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Extract from Gerald S. Davies' "Hans Holbein the Younger," circa 15 May 1912 [page 2 of 2]
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2. oil painting has entirely escaped the hand of the restorer, but rather to the fact that Holbein in these studies gives us absolutely all that Art can give or ask. Chao. XII. p. 118/9.
Mr. Hugh's picture of Sir Thomas More is illustrated in this book, p.118, and is catalogued on p. 219 as follows :- "Half length. Life size. A green curtain behind. 'MDXXVII'. Panel. (The sketch for the picture is in Windsor Series.)"
Gerald Davies also states (p. 125) "In the centre of the picture [a group] site Sir Thomas More himself, easily recognizable by the gold chain which he wears (sometimes wrongly described as the Chancellor's chain, but he was not yet Chancellor when this sketch was made, nor when the portrait now in the possession of Mr. Huth was painted.)"