2-497-478 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Richard II at his devotions, c 1380, (1910). The young king, (born 1367, ruled 1377-1399), wears the Houppelande (a voluminous gown worn by men and women), with the badge of the white hart sown all over the garment and enclosed in ornamental circles. The morse (fastening) is in the form of a hart with jewelled antlers. Illustration from British Costume during 19 Centuries by Mrs Charles H Ashdown, (London, 1910).