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GERTRUDE SCHUYLER LIVINGSTONE
Second wife and widow of Robert Livingstone. The curiously plaited widow's cap can be seen under her hood.
MRS. MAGDALEN BEEKMAN
Died in New York in 1730. Widow of Gerardus Beekman, who died in 1723.
LADY ANNE CLIFFORD
Born, 1590. Daughter of George Clifford, Earl of Cumberland. Painted in 1603.
LADY HERRMAN
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
A WOMAN'S DOUBLET
Worn by the infamous Mrs. Anne Turner.
A PURITAN DAME
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 , 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
Born in Greenwich, Eng., in 1614; died in 1659. A Puritan soldier, politician, and pamphleteer. He was fined, whipped, pilloried, tried for treason, sedition, controversy, libel. He was imprisoned in the Tower, Newgate, Tyburn, and the Castle. He was a Puritan till he turned Quaker. His sprawling boots, dangling knee-points, and silly little short doublet form a foolish dress.
COLONEL WILLIAM LEGGE
Born in 1609. Died in 1672. He was a stanch Royalist. His portrait is by Jacob Huysmans, and is in the National Portrait Gallery.
SIR THOMAS ORCHARD KNIGHT, 1646
THE ENGLISH ANTICK
From a broadside of 1646.
GEORGE I OF ENGLAND
Born in Hanover, 1660. Died in Hanover, 1727. Crowned King of England in 1714. This portrait is by Sir Godfrey Kneller, and is in the National Portrait Gallery. It is remarkable for its ribbons and curious shoes.
THREE CASSOCK SLEEVES AND A BUFF-COAT SLEEVE
HENRY BENNET, EARL OF ARLINGTON
Born, 1618; died, 1685. From the original by Sir Peter Lely. This is asserted to be the costume chosen by Charles II in 1661 "to wear forever."
FIGURES FROM FUNERAL PROCESSION OF THE DUKE OF ALBEMARLE IN 1670
These drawings of "Gentlemen," "Earls," "Clergymen," "Physicians," and "Poor Men" are by F. Sanford, Lancaster Herald, and are from his engraving of the Funeral Procession of George Monk, Duke of Albemarle.
EARL OF SOUTHAMPTON, HENRY WRIOTHESLEY.
Born, 1573. Died in The Netherlands in 1624. He was the friend of Shakespere, and governor of the Virginia Company. This portrait is by Mierevelt.
A BOWDOIN PORTRAIT
This fine portrait is by a master's hand. The name of the subject is unknown. The initials would indicate that he was a Bowdoin, or a Baudouine, which was the name of the original emigrant. It has been owned by the Bowdoin family until it was presented to Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Me., where it now hangs in the Walker Art Building.
WILLIAM PYNCHEON
Born, 1590; died, 1670. This portrait was painted in 1657. It is in an unusual dress, with the only double row of buttons I have seen on a portrait of that date. It also shows no hair under the close cap.
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