Elisabeth I. From the picture in the new Palace of Westminster
Elizabeth I 1533-1603, actually Elizabeth Tudor, also known as The Virgin Queen was from 1558 to the day she died queen of England. Elizabeth was the daughter of Henry VIII., The fifth and last member of the Tudor dynasty to the English throne. Her mother was Anne Boleyn. Continue reading
Swiss costumes 17th century
Second third of the 17th Century.
Top row left: Citizens son. Wedding organizer. Citizen girl. Right: Swiss peasant costumes. Baroque period costumes. Bottom row left: Woman in church clothes. Waibel (Ushers). Runner. Right: Woman in mourning clothes. Great Waibel. Mayor.
On the history of costumes. Münchener Bilderbogen. Edited by Braun and Schneider 1860.
Swiss baroque costume of a schoolmaster 1690
German Nobility in court dress 1570
Late Renaissance in the transition to the Counter-Reformation. Early Modernism, age of humanism. The Spanish fashion.
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French Nobility in 1570.
French nobility in court dress, 16th century. Renaissance era.
Swiss lawyer 1680
The man is dressed in a justaucorps (Souquenille), a waistcoat, Rhinegraves pants (vaste rhingrave), buckled shoes, the Spanish collar, on the side a rapier, the sleeves of the shirt are fringed with lace, an allonge wig and tricorn hat.
Related Gallery: Costumes suisses des 22 cantons. Dessinés d’apres nature et lithographiés et coloriées, par Yves Grether. Paris chez Wild, Èditeur 1860.
Swiss bridesmaid 1680
Swiss suit or traditional costume of a bridesmaid in the Baroque period 1680.
