Tag Archives: emblem

A Young Man Among Roses

Posted on 12/06/2021 by The Gardens Trust

I’m sure that you’ll recognise this picture. Its custodian, the V&A, says it “is perhaps the most famous of English miniatures. It epitomises the romantic Elizabethan age and is a masterpiece of miniature paintings by its greatest exponent, Nicholas Hilliard. … Continue reading →

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Lord Edward’s a-maze-ing portrait

Posted on 10/04/2021 by The Gardens Trust

Discussing this Elizabethan portrait in a lecture recently I found myself describing the image in the background sometimes as a maze and sometimes a labyrinth and wondering if there is any difference between them? In any case what … Continue reading →

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William Style and his garden…

Posted on 23/02/2019 by The Gardens Trust

I used to think early 17thc portraits were rather dull and dreary, and in galleries would generally walk past them rather fast. They had neither the austere simplicity of many early Tudor portraits, nor the flamboyant excesses of Stuart ones. … Continue reading →