Self-Portrait

after 1588
Oil on canvas
Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence
Another example of late 16th chains of office, a possible character study for Polonius?

A Durer painting, circa 1503 ( I know, early 16th) for consideration of the costumes for the night watchmen or other guards, from the Web Gallery of Art
Paumgartner Altar (detail of right wing)
c. 1503
Oil on lime panel
Alte Pinakothek, Munich
I like the detail of his scarf/neck wrap

George Clifford, Earl of Cumberland, favorite of Elizabeth, painted in the guise of a knight by Hilliard, Nicholas from the Web Gallery of Art circa 1590 mixed media on parchment, from the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich
http://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/bio/h/holbein/hans_y/biograph.html
Ok, this is a new medium for me, so bear with me. Sorry for the small image size, please […]

Ina wanted me to put together a few ideas for “traveling cloak” for Horatio. The cloak would be open fronted, but I’m not sure how close the front flaps would lie–personal preference I suppose. Also, depending on the weather, this cloak could be fur lined.

I think these two directly above (Thomas Moore and […]

The simple outfits for the working class and farmers.  These make up the majority of the country.  They are also the people who felt most intensely the struggle between Catholicism and Protestantism because they made up the majority of the deaths on either end.

These lovely pictures are from Rent A Peasant in the UK.  They […]

Borrowing what others have posted, I’ve come up with a few visuals for Horatio. He’s a bit more academic than dashing. Possibly a geek before geeks where chic…LOL. I’m viewing him in more sobering colors–browns, blacks, greys. Less on the frills.
This is a picture of the poet, John Donne. […]

A few pretty things made to be seen:

First Possibility: Fancy Dress
Yeoman Warders (aka. Beefeaters)
These three pictures are of Yeoman Warders. The red uniform is known as their ceremonial uniform and dates from 1485 and the time of the Tudors. Elizabeth I added the white ruff to the outfit.

Both of the pictures above are used with permission from the Flickr […]

MARCELLUS: We don’t know much more about Marcellus than we do about Bernardo, except that he’s listed as an officer in all of the editions I have, seems to be on an equal footing with Horatio, and of high enough rank to address Hamlet as he does after Hamlet meets the Ghost in A1s5. […]