Ruff Collection (#12)

Man and Woman, 1606
An elegant couple of Henri IVs time - she in a high lace ruff and extraordinary farthingale, he in equally remarkable breeches of unsurpassed bagginess !

Fashions of 1814
Three women in walking dress from 1814. One lady holds a pair of scissors - perhaps her outfit is all her own work?

Costume for 1814
A young woman in a blue, fur- trimmed pelisse shows a leg. She wears a lace ruff, large bonnet, lace trimmed slippers and carries a pink shell shaped reticule

Polka Dot Frock 1832
Pelerine with dentilated border; dress with full sleeves (tight from elbow to wrist - Medici ). Worn with a belt & large bonnet. Shown in black & a polka dot fabric

Portrait of a Clown
A portrait of a laughing clown, in his full costume, at Bertram Mills Circus

Mary Tudor / Herbert
MARY TUDOR Catholic Queen of England

Mary Tudor / Oval Eng
MARY TUDOR Catholic Queen of England

Mary Tudor / Ryall
MARY TUDOR Catholic Queen of England

Mary Tudor / Vanderbanck
MARY TUDOR Catholic Queen of England

Mary Tudor / Chapman
MARY TUDOR Catholic Queen of England

Lord Darnley / Robinson
HENRY STEWART, LORD DARNLEY Cousin and second of the three husbands of Mary Queen of Scots (m1565); father of James I of England

Walking Dress 1840
Grey dress with a single flounce & bouillon (puffing) on the skirt, lace ruff & brown fur muff & fur-trimmed pelerine-mantlet, broad brimmed bonnet with plumes

Francis Bacon / Cook
LORD FRANCIS BACON Viscount St Albans the English statesman, philosopher and writer Date: 1561 - 1626

Francis Bacon / Organum
LORD FRANCIS BACON Viscount St Albans English philosopher, statesman and author, shown with one of his publications, Novum Organum (1620)

Charles I Vorsterman
CHARLES I OF ENGLAND The King whose majesty and virtue are in equal balance

Girl with Skipping Rope
A girl in a long sleeved dress with button front detail, narrow ruff & knife-pleated flounces at the hem & rear in imitation of womens fashion & buttoned boots

Husband / Wife / Belfast 19C
Man: short S-B jacket, rounded pocket flap, bound edges & cut-away at the front. Woman: jacket body, beaded collar, ruff, open tunic & skirt with knife-pleated flounces

Costume / Photo by Watson
Man: frock coat. Woman: jacket body, gauging & buttons on the cuff, ruff at the neck, draped tunic & a skirt with pleated flounces of varying depth & a very severe hairstyle

English Fashions C. 1815
English fashions had diverged from those of the French during the years of war. The waistline of the woman on the left has dropped & the style is more romantic

Bon Genre No. 91 Costume
A Paris street acrobat stands on one leg on a candlestick which her partner holds steady, while their child does a handstand and a mother gives her daughter a coin for them

Bon Genre No. 76 Costume
Triple vandyke ruff, habit shirt with high frilled neck, hems with rows of tucks or scalloped, coloured aprons or pinafores & a fur trimmed pelisse

Cross Paris Street 1815
White robe with sleeves en bouffants, high ruff & multiple flounces at the hem, a Kashmir shawl & a black high crowned hat with ostrich plumes. Her key is tied to a handkerchief

Frenchwomen C. 1805
Coloured slippers, white gown with ruff & patterned border, robe with low, V corsage & embroidered hem, green robe with white puffed sleeves, high ruff & kashmir shawl

Costume / Bon Genre C. 1816
Pelisse: roll collar & blue border, robe: scalloped cuffs, ruff & hem; robe: wrap-over body & transparent under- sleeves; tall plumed hats; green robe with vandyked hem

Bakst Hobble Skirt
Hobble skirt costume designed & drawn by Bakst & made by Paquin. The skirt is cut-away at the front creating a split to enable the wearer to walk. N.B incongruous ruff

English Sailor C. 1598
An English sailor. Date: circa 1598

Sir John Eliot
Sir JOHN ELIOT Statesman and Parliamentarian who opposed King Charles I and was imprisoned in the Tower of London

GEORG CALIXTUS 1586-1656
GEORG CALIXTUS German Lutheran Theologian who upheld reunion of the Lutheran and Reformed Protestant sects

Costume C16 & C17 / Strutt
Examples of English costume of the 16th and 17th centuries according to a later source

Charles Ix / King France
CHARLES IX, KING OF FRANCE wears a cap ornamented with jewels & feathers, a small ruff, embroidered cape, doublet with slashed sleeves, jerkin & slashed & bombasted trunk hose

C17th Noblewomen
French noblewomen: lace falling collar & collars that mark the transition between that & the ruff; padded sleeves, double-skirts tabbed bodices

James I / Anon Eng
JAMES I OF ENGLAND JAMES VI OF SCOTLAND Half-length portrait wearing a ruff

Elizabeth I / Dutch Eng
Queen Elizabeth I Queen of Great Britain

JAMES I / PLAYERS / 28 / 50
JAMES I of England James VI of Scotland

HAMILTON (1532? - 1604)
WILLIAM HAMILTON, 1st Marquis of Hamilton. Second in line to Scottish throne after James VI

Elizabeth I / More
QUEEN ELIZABETH I Anthony More is reputed to have painted her portrait when she was aged 21 however she looks somewhat older here

Elizabeth I / Marshall
QUEEN ELIZABETH I Half-length portrait wearing pearls

Girl Plays Cup and Ball
Miss Playing With Cup and Ball. A dainty young girl having caught the ball attached to a string in the cup looks more than a little pleased

Bethune, Duke of Sully
Maximilien de Bethune, Duke of SULLY French Protestant statesman

Shakespeare / Anon
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Playwright and poet

Shakespeare / Janssen / Jobb
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Playwright and poet. Rectangular portrait

Johann Weir / Malades
JOHANN WIER German medical at the age of 60

Jean Calvin (Conquy)
JEAN CALVIN French Protestant reformer, active in Geneva

Cervantes / Bartolozzi
MIGUEL DE CERVANTES Spanish novelist

John Dee / Scheneker
JOHN DEE, occultist, astrologer and magician

Johann Gutenberg
JOHANN GUTENBERG German printer

Elizabeth I / Jacobsen
QUEEN ELIZABETH I Reigned 1558 - 1603 Oval portrait

Samuel Blommaert / Artist
SAMUEL BLOMMAERT Dutch artist

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