Haweis, Mary Eliza Joy, 1852-1898 · London : Chatto & Windus · leaf 165
il portraitsfrom every class—from Mother Iak, Edward VI.s nurse,in her fur cap and peasant garb, to the various queens ofHenry VIII. It is interesting to see how one head-dress grew out ofanother, or formed part of another: to note how long theveil was in dying. We infer from figs. 70-75, copied… … Fig. 70.—Lady Butts. From a drawing by Holbein. simply surmounted by a hat ; in fig. 71, stiff braids1 to 1 These braids or ribbons, occurring in so many of Holbeins portraits,and invariably of reddish yellow, sometimes concealing the hair entirely,at others betraying that the hair beneath is of a…
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