Dress of the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, 1558~1603.

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Dress of the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, 1558~1603. She wears a lace ruff, plumed headdress, dress with puffed and slit sleeves, jeweled bodice, and embroidered petticoat. Based on Stubbs, Caspar Rutz, portrait of Lady Willoughby, dress worn by her described in manuscript letters of her descendant Lady Chandos. Handcoloured lithograph from "Costumes of British Ladies from the Time of William the First to the Reign of Queen Victoria,” London, Dickinson & Son, 1840. 48 mounted plates of women's fashion from 1066 to 1840 based on effigies, manuscripts, portraits, prints and literary descriptions.

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Size: 4731px × 5934px
Photo credit: © Florilegius / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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