Royalist or cavalier from the time of the Commonwealth (1659-1660)

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Royalist or cavalier from the time of the Commonwealth (1659-1660), from a contemporary drawing in the British Museum. He wears a buff jacket with scarlet slashed sleeves, breeches, boots, gloves and plumed hat. Handcolored engraving from "Civil Costume of England from the Conquest to the Present Period" drawn by Charles Martin and etched by Leopold Martin, London, Henry Bohn, 1842. The costumes were drawn from tapestries, monumental effigies, illuminated manuscripts and portraits. Charles and Leopold Martin were the sons of the romantic artist and mezzotint engraver John Martin (1789-1854).

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Size: 4343px × 5640px
Photo credit: © Florilegius / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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