. St. Nicholas [serial]. PRINCE JAMES AND PRINCESS LOUISA MARY, CHILDREN OF JAMES II OF ENGLAND. (From a photograph, by Walker &* , of the original painting by Largilliere in the National Portrait Gallery, London.) 293 294 THE BABY S CAP. [Feb. The name of this great broidered the quaint floral designs which show famous than Mierevelt! so plainly on its little coat. artist was Franz Hals. Besides the beautiful Gothic point on the cap, You see, fashions had not changed much the ruff also is trimmed with it, and it often took when that portrait was painted, for the babys. CHARLES AND MAR
. St. Nicholas [serial]. PRINCE JAMES AND PRINCESS LOUISA MARY, CHILDREN OF JAMES II OF ENGLAND. (From a photograph, by Walker &* , of the original painting by Largilliere in the National Portrait Gallery, London.) 293 294 THE BABY S CAP. [Feb. The name of this great broidered the quaint floral designs which show famous than Mierevelt! so plainly on its little coat. artist was Franz Hals. Besides the beautiful Gothic point on the cap, You see, fashions had not changed much the ruff also is trimmed with it, and it often took when that portrait was painted, for the babys. CHARLES AND MARIE-ADELAIDE OF FRANCE. FROM A PORTRAIT BY DROUAIS. twenty-five yards of lace to edge some of thesetriple-plaited ruffs, as they were called. The second baby, the one shown in the fron-tispiece, is a little Dutchman (I think the firstone I have mentioned is an Italian), and thispicture, too, was painted over three hundredyears ago by another Dutch artist, even more cap, like the one by Mierevelt first mentioned,is trimmed with Gothic point. Instead of wear-ing a thick, fluffy, all-around ruff, which wascalled a gorget, this baby wears a half-ruffand stomacher of lace. I feel sure this was his best dress, for I seehis mother has put a tuck in it, so that it could 1904.) THE BABY S CAP. 295 be let down. The nurse seems almost as pleasedas the baby at having her picture painted. In the picture on page 293 the baby is alittle girl, and dressed in French style, but shewears a cap. Like the front of her gown, thiscap was made of very precious lace, calledAlencon. Venetian lace
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