ca. 1595-1600 Lady, said to be Elizabeth Throckmorton Queen Elizabeth's Maid of Honour and Wife of Sir Walter Raleigh, by Robert Peake (Maldon Moot Hall - Maldon, Essex, UK)

From artuk.org. This is not a high quality image so details of the coiffure, neckline, necklace, and other details are lost. Also posted to her new Subalbum.

The upper surface of the wheel curves down in this and other portraits. The feathered headdress is complex and striking.

Keywords: 1595, Peake, Bess Throckmorton, Elisabeth Throckmorton, Elizabeth Raleigh, Lady Raleigh, Throckmorton family, Raleigh family, Lady-in-waiting, Queen Elizabeth of England, English, feathered floral headdress, earrings, necklace, pendant, fitted bodice, lace wide ruff, modesty piece, long puffed tapered sleeves, sleeve ornaments, lace back-flared cuffs, stomacher, deep vee waistline, wheel farthingale, full skirt, folding fan

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