Two Centuries of Costume in America, Volume 1 (1620-1820) — John Shaqi
Two Centuries of Costume in America, Volume 1 (1620-1820)Earle, Alice Morse
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Two Centuries of Costume in America, Volume 1 (1620-1820)
Earle, Alice Morse
Clothing and dress -- United States -- History
Of Bohemia Manor, Maryland. Wife of a pioneer settler. From _Some
Colonial Mansions_. Published by Henry T. Coates & Co.
ELIZABETH CROMWELL
Mother of Oliver Cromwell. She died at Whitehall in 1654, aged 90
years. This portrait is at Hinchinbrook, and is owned by the Earl of
Sandwich. It was painted by Robert Walker. Her dress is described as “a
green velvet cardinal, trimmed with gold lace.” Her hood is white
satin.
POCAHONTAS
Daughter of Powhatan, and wife of Mr. Thomas Rolfe. Born 1593; died
1619; aged twenty-one when this was painted. The portrait is owned by a
member of the Rolfe family.
DUCHESS OF BUCKINGHAM AND CHILDREN
Painted in 1626 by Gerard Honthorst. In the original the Duke of
Buckingham is also upon the canvas. He was George Villiers, the
“Steenie” of James I, who was assassinated by John Felton. The duchess
was the daughter of the Earl of Rutland. The little daughter was
afterwards Duchess of Richmond and Lenox. The baby was George, the
second Duke of Buckingham, poet, politician, courtier, the friend of
Charles II. The picture is now in the National Portrait Gallery.
A WOMAN’S DOUBLET
Worn by the infamous Mrs. Anne Turner.
A PURITAN DAME
Plate from _Ornatus Muliebris Anglicanus_.
PENELOPE WINSLOW
Painted in 1651. Dress dull olive; mantle bright red; pearl necklace,
ear-rings and pearl bandeau in hair. The hair is curled as the hair in
portraits of Queen Henrietta Maria. In Pilgrim Hall, Plymouth, Mass.
GOLD-FRINGED GLOVES OF GOVERNOR LEVERETT
In Essex Institute, Salem, Mass.
EMBROIDERED PETTICOAT-BAND, 1750
Bright-colored crewels on linen. Owned by the Misses Manning of Salem,
Mass.
BLUE DAMASK GOWN AND QUILTED SATIN PETTICOAT
These were owned by Mrs. James Lovell, who was born 1735; died, 1817.
Through her only daughter, Mrs. Pickard, who died in 1812, they came to
her only child, Mary Pickard (Mrs. Henry Ware, Jr.), whose heirs now
own them. They are in the keeping of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts.
A PLAIN JERKIN
This portrait is of Martin Frobisher, hero of the Armada; explorer in
1576, 1577, and 1578 for the Northwestern Passage, and discoverer of
Frobisher’s Bay. He died in 1594.
CLOTH DOUBLET
This portrait is of Edward Courtenay, Earl of Devonshire. Owned by the
Duke of Bedford. It shows a plain cloth doublet with double row of
turreted welts at the shoulder. Horace Walpole says of this portrait,
“He is quite in the style of Queen Elizabeth’s lovers; red-bearded, and
not comely.”
JAMES, DUKE OF YORK
Born, 1633. Afterwards James II of England. This scene in a
tennis-court was painted about 1643.
EMBROIDERED JERKIN
This portrait is of George Carew, Earl of Totnes. It was painted by
Zucchero, and is owned by the Earl of Verulam. He wears a rich jerkin
with four laps on each side below the belt; it is embroidered in
sprigs, and guarded on the seams. The sleeves are detached. He wears
also a rich sword-belt and ruff.
JOHN LILBURNE
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