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RM2DF0B48 – Una vista del siglo XIX de la galería de retratos en Hardwick Hall un ejemplo de la casa de prodigio isabelino en Derbyshire, Inglaterra. Fue construido entre 1590 y 1597 para la formidable Bess of Hardwick, la mujer más rica de Inglaterra después de la reina Isabel I, una declaración visible de su riqueza y poder.
This Elizabethan-revival frame of 1865 was conceived by George Scharf, Secretary and later Director of the National Portrait Gallery, in collaboration with Henry Critchfield, the Gallery's framemaker. It is an unusual instance of antiquarian framing by the Gallery in its early days. The picture is an early copy of the portrait of 'Bess of ...
23 de ene. de 2019 · Bess was probably born in 1521, or early 1522, to a family of Derbyshire gentry – her father owned a small estate at Hardwick (parts of the film are shot at Hardwick Hall, though it never housed ...
19 de dic. de 2020 · Elizabeth Hardwick was born somewhere between 1521 and 1527, to John Hardwick of Derbyshire and his wife Elizabeth. John died in 1527 and most of his modestly prosperous estate went to the crown, until his son would come of age. As she was not necessarily from a privileged upbringing, Bess’ ambition began to develop as young as 16, believing ...
12 de feb. de 2008 · Bess of Hardwick was the proverbial legend in her own lifetime. From an unremarkable family, she became the second richest woman in England - only surpassed by Queen Elizabeth herself.
16 de sept. de 2021 · The following 15 files are in this category, out of 15 total. Bess of Hardwick as Mistress St Lo.jpg 521 × 632; 326 KB. Bess of Hardwick- Derby Cathedral.JPG 2,048 × 1,536; 638 KB. BessofHardwick.jpg 427 × 600; 60 KB. British (English) School - Elizabeth Hardwick (1520–1608), Countess of Shrewsbury, 'Bess of Hardwick' - 1129212 - National ...
Some context is provided by their cost: it is perhaps an unfair comparison but, whereas the Hardwick Abrahams cost 14s. and 20s. per ell, the royal set was valued at the time of the Commonwealth sales in 1649–50 at almost £10 per ell. Whereas Henry’s tapestries were supplied by Willem de Kempeneer, one of the foremost Brussels entrepreneurs, Bess’s tapestries have an unknown maker’s ...
