In portraits, Bess looks powerful. She typically appears forward-facing with her head slightly turned to the side and dressed in rich velvet textiles and intricate pearl jewellery. In some of her portraits, she is turned slightly to the viewer's right, a particularly powerful pose generally reserved for male sitters.)
Mary, I just love this. I don't know how you manage to assemble so much wonderful information and yet it reads like my favorite gossip columnist--someone in Vogue or Vanity Fair, back in the 16th c.
Mary, I just love this. I don't know how you manage to assemble so much wonderful information and yet it reads like my favorite gossip columnist--someone in Vogue or Vanity Fair, back in the 16th c.