BESS OF HARDWICK (1527-1608) | Matriarch, Builder, Embroiderer with Dorothy Morgan

Wednesday 10 Mar 2010, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM

In a time of political beheadings and imprisonments, Bess, or Elizabeth of Shrewsbury as she became, survived four husbands, bore eight children, built stately homes and a significant business empire and still found time to embroider.

Discover more about this second most powerful woman of the Elizabethan period.

Dorothy Morgan, Guest Curator of Flowering Needles: Embroidery from Elizabeth to Victoria, is an honours history graduate of Melbourne University and a keen embroiderer.

Experienced woman: Elizabeth Hardwick, Countess of Shrewsbury, by Hans Eworth, 1560s.

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