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On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 8:18 PM, Sharon Collier <[email protected]> wrote: > Probably similar to this: > http://www.google.com/imgres?q=17th+century+woman+in+chemise+and+bodice&um=1 > &hl=en&biw=1055&bih=734&tbm=isch&tbnid=vjpwIaiUWaQ-KM:&imgrefurl=https://kar > leeaturner.wordpress.com/page/55/&docid=nzL0NGGcaQhikM&imgurl=http://karleea > turner.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/1830s_chemise_hayez.jpg&w=295&h=374&ei=Kd > T8T7G8Hoi-rQHRwLSLCQ&zoom=1&iact=rc&dur=430&sig=107558246607309879747&page=4 > &tbnh=168&tbnw=127&start=73&ndsp=26&ved=1t:429,r:25,s:73,i:385&tx=69&ty=127 > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Linda Walton > Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2012 2:54 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [h-cost] Nell Gwyn > > I found this in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography: > > "Pepys saw Nell again on 1 May 1667, standing at her lodgings' door in Drury > Lane (off Bridges Street, the site of the King's Theatre), 'in her smock > sleeves and bodice . she seemed a mighty pretty creature' (Pepys, 8.193)." > > Please, I'd very much like to know what Nell Gwyn was wearing: can anyone > suggest an illustration which might help? > > Linda Walton. > > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume -- A children's museum sounds like a good idea, but I would imagine it's not easy to breathe inside those little glass cases. -- George Carlin; When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?, 2004 _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
