1595 Lady Eleanor Percy (1582/1583–1650), afterwards Lady Powis, age 13, by ? (Powis Castle - Welshpool, Powys, UK)

Little girls, even from the aristocracy, had to grow up fast. Her article in thepeerage is here.

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1595 Lady Eleanor Percy (1582:1583–1650), afterwards Lady Powis, age 13, by ? (Powis Castle - Welshpool, Powys, UK) From artuk.org

Lady Eleanor Herbert displays a wheel farthingale with big puffed sleeves in this 1595 portrait. Richly patterned fabric, puffed sleeves, and a wheel farthingale with deeply pointed bodice were not just for the Queen. Her dress has the hanging sleeves of a saya combined with the bulk of the wheel farthingale. She appears to wear a straight coiffure.

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