Shaw, Henry, 1800-1873, William Pickering (Firm) · London : William Pickering · leaf 178
ently of Mr. Newton Scott, one of theattaches to the embassy at Madrid, who bought it there.It is a richly illuminated genealogy relating to the regal house of Portugal,and appears to have been executed about the time of the Emperor Maximilian,for a member of the royal family of that country, who,… … second wife of John of Gaunt Duke of Lancaster. The horned head-dress,and other parts of her costume, are hardly that of the period at which it waspainted, hut were perhaps copied from an older picture. Over the ladys head,in the original, is a scroll, bearing the inscription,— jDtiquesita Dona…
Middle Ages · Costume · Decoration and ornament, Medieval
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