Ruff Collection (page 9)

Philomacus pugnax, ruff
Plate 62 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 4 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

MOURA, Crist󢡬de (1538-1613). Portuguese politician
MOURA, Crist󢡬 de (1538-1613). Portuguese politician at the service of Spain. Engraving. SPAIN. Zaragoza. Academia General Militar (General Military Academy)

EMMANUEL PHILIBERT, Duke of Savoy (1528-1580). Duke of Savoia. Painting

The Infanta Isabella Clara Eugenia, Circa 1585. Sanchez Coello, Alonso (1531-1588). Oil on canvas. Date: Circa 1585

Self-portrait (Rubens)
Self-portrait, 1638-40. Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640). Oil on canvas

Banquet of the Officers of the Civic Guard of St George. Franz Hals(1580-1666). Oil on canvas, 1627. Date: 1627

Clowns on parade

Courtiers Stroll
Apprentices and young courtiers stroll through the streets of London during the reign of Elizabeth I. Date: late 16th century

Rudolf Ii / Hre / Circular
EMPEROR RUDOLF II Holy Roman Emperor (1576- 1612), also crowned King of Hungary (1572) and Bohemia (1575) Date: 1552 - 1612

Margaret Austria / Parma
MARGARET OF AUSTRIA also known as MARGARET OF PARMA Regent of the Netherlands Date: 1522 - 1586

Maria Austria / German / Col
MARIA OF AUSTRIA Empress Maria of Austria, wife of Ferdinand III, Emperor of Germany Date: 1717 - 1780

Thomas Overbury / Harding
SIR THOMAS OVERBURY - English poet and victim of court intrigue (poisoned in the Tower of London). Date: 1581 - 1613

Thomas Overbury (Oval)
SIR THOMAS OVERBURY - English poet and victim of court intrigue (poisoned in the Tower of London). Date: 1581 - 1613

Francis Drake Basire
SIR FRANCIS DRAKE the English admiral and circumnavigator of the world Date: 1545 - 1596

Francis Drake Cassell s
SIR FRANCIS DRAKE the English admiral and circumnavigator of the world Date: 1545 - 1596

Francis Drake Holl
SIR FRANCIS DRAKE the English admiral and circumnavigator of the world Date: 1545 - 1596

Henry, Prince of Wales
Henry Frederick Stuart, Prince of Wales, elder son of King James I of England (VI of Scotland). He died of typhoid fever. Date: 1594 - 1612

Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor (1576-1612), also crowned King of Hungary (1572) and Bohemia (1575). Date: 1552 - 1612

Queen Elizabeth I of England (reigned 1558-1603). Date: 1533 - 1603

King James I of England, VI of Scotland
King James I of England (reigned 1603-1625), James VI of Scotland (reigned 1567-1625). Date: 1566 - 1625

Elizabeth, Queen of Bohemia
Elizabeth, Electress Palatine and Queen of Bohemia, daughter of James I, wife of Friedrich V, Elector Palatine, King of Bohemia. Date: 1596-1662

King Henry VIII of England (reigned 1509 - 1547). Date: 1491 - 1547

Mountjoy Blount
MOUNTJOY, baron BLOUNT sometimes known as the earl of Newport : natural son of Charles Blount, earl of Devonshire, finely dressed with a falling ruff. Date: 1597 - 1666

Fife player, 1598
A man playing the fife, viewed from behind

Lady powders her cheeks
A Victorian young lady with a beauty spot powders her cheeks. Date: 1889

L Wain. Old Mother Hubbard
Old Mother Hubbard -- a cat version. circa early 20th century

French & Swiss Women
Women of Strasbourg & a woman from Basle, Switzerland. Largely regional or National costumes but with ruffs (by this date were no longer fashionable). Date: 1644

Lady & Page Circa 1515
French noblewoman: trained skirt that falls softly in folds, a chemise gathered at the neck (precursor to the ruff) & a decollete bodice. Page: fur-trimmed doublet. Date: circa 1515

GERMAN NOBLES 1570-88
Two German noblemen wear small ruffs, doublets, cut-fingered pumps, hose or breeches ornamented with embroidery or ribbon bows, a sleeveless jerkin & short cloak. Date: 1570 - 1588

Red & White Costume 1818
White woollen gown / pelisse with a broad red, velvet band at hem & cuffs & military style Brandenbourg cord trim on the bodice. A large red & white bonnet completes the outfit. Date: 1818

Ambroise Pare / Holl
AMBROISE PARE French surgeon, author of books on medicine and monsters Date: 1510 - 1590

German Townsfolk 1580
Respectable townsfolk : she carries a dangling reticule and wears several necklaces beneath her high ruff Date: circa 1580

Choirboy singing in a church choir, Horley, Surrey
A choirboy singing in a church choir at Salfords Church, Horley, Surrey. He is holding a book entitled English Praise, though other choristers are using The Red Carol Book

Music sheet cover for Merrie England Quadrille on Old English Melodies, by Henri Talbot. An Elizabethan couple are depicted in the garden of a grand country house

Elizabethan style Christmas card by Ethel Parkinson
A Christmas card by Ethel Parkinson, showing a young couple dressed in Elizabethan style costume in a snowy landscape. The greeting reads

Elisabeth of Austria, Queen of France (1554-1592) wearing jewels and a ruff collar. Married to Charles IX of France, daughter of Emperor Maximilian II and Maria of Spain

Beefeaters at the Tower of London
Beefeaters, guardians of the Tower of London, line up in full uniform as they are greeted by military officers

Henry Bakerlate, Yeoman of the Guard
Sergeant-Major Henry Bakerlate of the 61st Regiment, Yeoman of the Guard. he enlisted in 1842, and is still in good health on the occasion of his 83rd birthday

Archduke Albert of Austria (1559-1621), also known as Albert VII, shown wearing the Austrian Order of the Golden Fleece, and a splendid ruff

Beafeater on book serialisation poster
The stern and unmisstakeable profile of a Beefeater Guard from the Tower of London used as the main illustration on a poster advertsing the serialisation of the book Ghosts of London by H V Morton in

Kenilworth - Elizabeth I
Have done with these busy fingers, Janet - Queen Elizabeth I, seated on the edge of her bed, instructs her handmaiden who appears to be adjusting her Queens ruff

Kenilworth - Alasco
It is false, thou foul- mouthed railer!. The Astrologer and alchemist Alasco hits back at accusations made at him by Varney

Wedding Dress of 1827
Highly decorated wedding dress with embroidery depicting flowers, a low-cut ruff and very fanciful hair-styling

Theodor De Bry / Self?
THEODOR DE BRY Dutch engraver

Guy De Caulliac / Anon Eng
GUY DE CAULLIAC or CHAULIAC French medical

Buckingham / Wil Passaeus
George Villiers 1st Duke of Buckingham Statesman

Ag De Busbecq / Boulonois
AUGIER GHISLAIN DE BUSBECQ Flemish scholar, traveller and diplomat

Lister / Sir Martin / Anon
SIR MARTIN LISTER Father of Martin Lister the naturalist

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