Duchess of Cleveland, from a painting by Sir Peter Lely.
Duchess of Cleveland, from a painting by Sir Peter Lely. Barbara Palmer (1640-1709) was mistress of Charles II. She is shown in a blue dress decorated with white lace cuffs, and a crimson cape. Handcolored engraving from "Civil Costume of England from the Conquest to the Present Period" drawn by Charles Martin and etched by Leopold Martin, London, Henry Bohn, 1842. The costumes were drawn from tapestries, monumental effigies, illuminated manuscripts and portraits. Charles and Leopold Martin were the sons of the romantic artist and mezzotint engraver John Martin (1789-1854).
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