Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland, Countess of Castlemaine, formerly Barbara Villiers, notorious mistress to King Charles II, 1640-1709. Depicted as the warrior goddess Pallas Athena or Bellona, in military helmet with spear and shield. Steel engraving by Thomas Wright after a portrait by Sir Peter Lely from Mrs Anna Jamesons Memoirs of the Beauties of the Court of King Charles the Second, Henry Coburn, London, 1838.
Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland, Countess of Castlemaine, formerly Barbara Villiers, notorious mistress to King Charles II, 1640-1709. Depicted as the warrior goddess Pallas Athena or Bellona, in military helmet with spear and shield. Steel engraving by Thomas Wright after a portrait by Sir Peter Lely from Mrs Anna Jamesons Memoirs of the Beauties of the Court of King Charles the Second, Henry Coburn, London, 1838