English woman with handkerchief in hand, Wenceslaus Hollar, 1640, English woman, wearing on the drooping, curly hair and parting in the middle a bonnet with brim turned back on the forehead that widens on either side of the face and extends outward. Dressed in a gown consisting of a short, open bodice with v-neck, high waist, lapel with several panels, wide long sleeves and breastpiece, on a long, wide, open skirt slightly dragging on the floor. Light colored underskirt. Around the neck a thin, buttoned cord with drooping ends. Over the décolleté a double-folded undecorated, transparent

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