Elizabeth "Jane" Shore was one of the many mistresses of King Edward IV of England. She became the best known in history by being later accused of conspiracy by the future King Richard III and compell
Portrait of a woman called Jane Shore, wearing a red silk non-boned bodice and a pearl hennin. 1590s details may have been added later to an existing portrait or incorporated into copy created in the 1590s, in the manner of as seen in certain portraits of Anne Boleyn and Jane Seymour. Inscribed: BAKERS WİFE AND MİSTRİS TO A KİNG. The portrait bears a remarkable resemblance to the one undisputed likeness of Jane Shore that exists, that of her parents’ memorial brass in Hinxworth, Hertfordshire.
The Shaming of Jane Shore by Stephen Reid (1873–1948)
Portrait type called Jane Shore, based on an earlier portrait of Lady Jane Grey
A scene from Act II, Jane Shore by John Atkinson Grimshaw, 1876. This play, by W. G. Wills, was produced at the Leeds Amphitheatre in 1875 and 1876. The parts of Jane Shore and her husband were played by Wilson Barrett and his wife Caroline Heath, who is seen in this painting. The artist's daughter Enid wrote to her brother-in-law in a letter from about 1917 that the room set from the play had been re-created in the Barretts' own home in Beech Grove,
A chemise or shift is a classic smock type of women's undergarment or dress. Historically, a chemise was a simple garment worn next to the skin to protect clothing from sweat and body oils, the precur
Jane Shore
…Protector's government. Lambert's punishment included open penance at Paul's Cross for her promiscuous behaviour by Richard. Shore accordingly went in her chemise through the streets one Sunday with a taper (thin candle) in her hand, attracting a lot of male attention along the way. After her public penitence…
Chemise, linen, c.1790–1810. The Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute: 2009.300.392.
Marie Antoinette wearing a dress that came to be known as chemise à la reine
A drawing of a chemise, laid flat (2014)