At 20:08 08/01/2009, you wrote:
I just happened to borrow Strong's English Icon, so I thumbed
through it looking for black ruffs. There aren't any all-black
ruffs, but there are a few edged in black and a few more that are
heavily embroidered with blackwork. I could only find three online:
http://www.elizabethan-portraits.com/ThomasHoward1.jpg
http://www.elizabethan-portraits.com/FrancisSidney.jpg
http://www.uvm.edu/~hag/sca/tudor/blackmary.jpg
If you'd like more pictures, email me privately and I'll see if I
can get them scanned.
Margaret Roe
Just for information, I remember Janet Arnold thinking that the
Frances Sydney painting was in fact Queen Elizabeth, citing the
"chair of state" in the background of the painting.
Suzi
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