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.

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 cropped

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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