Masque of Charles VI of France mb-code BORGM_02426_1 Kings Road

Kings Road

'The Astronomer'

Woman with a low-cut dress carrying a small basket containing posies of flowers

Gracechurch St

' In pencil lower left: '1821' Henry Hallam was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1821

Masque of Charles VI of France mb-code BORGM_02426_1 Kings RoadMasque of Charles VI of France, c1480, (1910). Veils are distended by wires, with knights disguised in close fitting hairy garments and masks. Thinking to heighten the effect, two courtiers set the pseudo skins on fire two of the sufferers plunge into a bath and one is saved by a lady who envelopes him in her robe. Four died. The broad bands encircling the faces of the ladies and falling on their shoulders is the inception of the subsequent pyramidal