Sir Jacob Astley

Painted during the war I assume by an anonymous artist. Jacob Astley was one of Charles I’s most trusted generals. He wears a finely figured silk damask or maybe embroidered doublet, with a high buttoned collar but a very small plain falling band. Over the doublet he has a leather buffcoat and back & breast armour

Portrait of Hester Tradescant and her stepson 1645

Painted by the Flemish artist Emmanuel de Critz. You could probably write a book about the costume details here, but I’d like to point out particularly the lovely embroidery on her under petticote and the matching lace edged coif, kerchief and cuffs.  John is wearing something more like a coat than a doublet that buttons all the way down and nice smart though understated falling band and strings © 2011 University of Oxford – Ashmolean Museum.