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These watercolor works display historical English fashion starting in the Late Medieval period through the Early Renaissance (primarily the 12th through the 16th centuries).
A specific 1842 book of hand-colored costume plates titled “The Civil Costume of England from the Conquest to the Present Time,” illustrated by Charles Martin and etched by Leopold Martin, London, Henry Bohn, 1842 likely served as the watercolorist’s inspiration. The costumes in the book were drawn from tapestries, monumental effigies and illuminated manuscripts.
The first image on offer here closely corresponds to the book’s plate depicting “Berengaria, Queen of Richard I (d. 1230). She holds a prayer book and wears an alms purse on her girdle.” In the far left background, two lesser-ranked ladies-in-waiting follow in simpler yellow and blue medieval gowns...
Category
Early 20th Century English School Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
MaterialsPaper, Ink, Watercolor