Margaret, Queen of Henry VI, and her Court fat 19th July 1553

19th July 1553

Now the rake is raving mad and shackled for his own safety in Bedlam

Wood was a leading champion of the Queen's cause as King George IV was trying to have their marriage dissolved

Plate 7 from Gleanings from the Menagerie and Aviary at Knowsley Hall

The Type 35 was the best known racing Bugatti

Margaret, Queen of Henry VI, and her Court fat 19th July 1553Margaret, Queen of Henry VI, and her Court, mid 15th century, (1843). Margaret of Anjou and her ladies are praying. The woman behind the queen may be the Duchess of Buckingham. From the tapestry in St Mary's Hall, Coventry. Illustration from Dresses and Decorations of the Middle Ages from the Seventh to the Seventeenth Centuries, by Henry Shaw, (London, 1843).