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VOL. I
MADAM PADISHAL AND CHILD
This fine presentation of the dress of a gentlewoman and infant child, in the middle of the seventeenth century, hung in old Plymouth homes in the Thomas and Stevenson families till it came by inheritance to the present owner, Mrs. Greely Stevenson Curtis of Boston, Mass. The artist is unknown.
JOHN ENDICOTT
Born in Dorchester, Eng., 1589. Died in Boston, Mass., 1665. He emigrated to America in 1628; became governor of the colony in 1644, and was major-general of the colonial troops. He hated Indians, the Church of Rome, and Quakers. He wears a velvet skull-cap, and a finger-ring, which is somewhat unusual; a square band; a richly fringed and embroidered glove; and a "stiletto" beard. This portrait is in the Essex Institute, Salem, Mass.
EDWARD WINSLOW
Born in England, 1595; died at sea, 1655. One of the founders of the Plymouth colony in 1620; and governor of that colony in 1633, 1636, 1644. This portrait is dated 1651. It is in Pilgrim Hall, Plymouth, Mass.
JOHN WINTHROP
Born in England, 1588; died in Boston, 1649. Educated at Trinity College, Cambridge; admitted to the Inner Temple, 1628. Made governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1629. Arrived in Salem, 1630. His portrait by Van Dyck and a fine miniature exist. The latter is owned by American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Mass. This picture is copied from a very rare engraving from the miniature, which is finer and even more thoughtful in expression than the portrait. Both have the lace-edged ruff, but the shape of the dress is indistinct.
SIMON BRADSTREET
Born in England, 1603; died in Salem, Mass., 1697. He was governor of the colony when he was ninety years old. The Labadists, who visited him, wrote: "He is an old man, quiet and grave; dressed in black silk, but not sumptuously."
SIR RICHARD SALTONSTALL
A mayor of London who came to Salem among the first settlers. The New England families of his name are all descended from him. He wears buff-coat and trooping scarf. This portrait was painted by Rembrandt.
SIR WALTER RALEIGH
Born in Devonshire, Eng., 1552; executed in London, 1618. A courtier, poet, historian, nobleman, soldier, explorer, and colonizer. He was the favorite of Elizabeth; the colonizer of Virginia; the hero of the Armada; the victim of King James. In this portrait he wears a slashed jerkin; a lace ruff; a broad trooping scarf with great lace shoulder-knot; a jewelled sword-belt; full, embroidered breeches; lace-edged garters, and vast shoe-roses, which combine to form a confused dress.
SIR WALTER RALEIGH AND SON
ROBERT DEVEREUX, EARL OF ESSEX
From an old print. A general of Cromwell's army.
OLIVER CROMWELL DISSOLVING PARLIAMENT
From an old Dutch print.
SIR WILLIAM WALLER
A general in Cromwell's army. Born, 1597; died, 1668. He served in the Thirty Years' War. This portrait is in the National Portrait Gallery.
LORD FAIRFAX
A general in Cromwell's army. From an old print.
ALDERMAN ABELL AND RICHARD KILVERT
From an old print.
SLASHED SLEEVES
MRS. KATHERINE CLARK
Born, 1602; died, 1671. An English gentlewoman renowned in her day for her piety and charity.
LADY MARY ARMINE
An English lady of great piety, whose gifts to Christianize the Indians make her name appear in the early history of Massachusetts. Her black domino and frontlet are of interest. This portrait was painted about 1650.
THE TUB-PREACHER
An old print of a Quaker meeting. Probably by Marcel Lawson.
VENICE POINT LACE
Owned by Mrs. Robert Fulton Crary of Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
REBECCA RAWSON
The daughter of Edward Rawson, Secretary of State. Born in Boston in 1656; married in 1679 to an adventurer, Thomas Rumsey, who called himself Sir Thomas Hale. She died at sea, in 1692. This portrait is owned by New England Historic Genealogical Society.
ELIZABETH PADDY
Born in Plymouth, Mass., in 1641. Daughter of William Paddy; she married John Wensley of Plymouth. Their daughter Sarah married Dr. Isaac Winslow. This portrait is in Pilgrim Hall, Plymouth, Mass.
MRS. SIMEON STODDARD
A wealthy Boston gentlewoman. This portrait was painted in the latter half of the seventeenth century. It is owned by the Massachusetts Historical Society.
ANCIENT BLACK LACE
Owned by Mrs. Robert Fulton Crary, Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
VIRAGO-SLEEVE
From a French portrait.
NINON DE L'ENCLOS
Born in Paris, 1615; died in 1705. Her dress has a slashed virago-sleeve and lace whisk.
LADY CATHERINE HOWARD
Grandchild of the Earl of Arundel. Aged thirteen years. Drawn in 1646 by W. Hollar.
COSTUMES OF ENGLISHWOMEN OF SEVENTEENTH CENTURY
GERTRUDE SCHUYLER LIVINGSTONE
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