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title: Elizabethan Lady in Farthingale Dress.
author: Unknown Artist
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/12438/elizabethan-lady-in-farthingale-dress/
format: machine-readable-alternate
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Elizabethan Lady in Farthingale Dress.

_Authored by Unknown Artist_

## Image File

[![Elizabethan Lady in Farthingale Dress.](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/12438.png)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/12438.png)

## Image Caption

A portrait of Elizabeth Howard, Lady Southwell (c.1564 – 1646), an English Elizabethan lady wearing a farthingale dress with its distinctive protruding waist created by a padded roll and inserted wooden hoops. By an unknown artist c. 1600 CE. (Weiss Gallery, London)

## Cite This Work

### APA
Artist, U. (2020, July 06). Elizabethan Lady in Farthingale Dress.. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/12438/elizabethan-lady-in-farthingale-dress/>
### Chicago
Artist, Unknown. "Elizabethan Lady in Farthingale Dress.." *World History Encyclopedia*, July 06, 2020. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/12438/elizabethan-lady-in-farthingale-dress/>.
### MLA
Artist, Unknown. "Elizabethan Lady in Farthingale Dress.." *World History Encyclopedia*, 06 Jul 2020, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/12438/elizabethan-lady-in-farthingale-dress/>.

## License & Copyright

[Original image](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:English_School_Portrait_of_a_Lady_in_Black_1595-1605.png) by [**Unknown Artist**](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:English_School_Portrait_of_a_Lady_in_Black_1595-1605.png). Submitted by [Mark Cartwright](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/markzcartwright/ "User Page: Mark Cartwright"), published on 06 July 2020. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Public Domain](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domain). This item is in the public domain, and can be used, copied, and modified without any restrictions. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.

