A fine later example of Hollar's 'Theatrum mulierum', or 'Theatre of women'.

Originally published by Peter Stent in 1642 with between 36 and 49 engraved plates, the 'Theatrum' showed female figures wearing a range of costumes and dress from across Europe. Throughout the following decades, and indeed centuries, further editions of the 'Theatrum' were published, their various prints total around 105. Examples include "An English Lady of Quality", "A Machanicks wife of Paris", "An Irish woman", "A laysister of the Order of St Clare". Of perhaps greater interest in a book about the costume of women are the three plates of the costume of men: "A regular Cannon of the Order of Premonstratum", "A Carthusian", and a "Nortortine Monk of the Order of Praemonstratentium".