3-008-333 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

The Privy Purse of Catherine of Braganza, at Sizergh Hall, Westmorland, 1862. Engraving of '...the badge of office belonging to Sir Thomas Strickland. Keeper of her Privy Purse. It is of crimson velvet, the shape and size of a large reticule, richly embroidered with the Royal arms and the initials "C. R." in gold and silver twist, and is still loyally preserved among the heirlooms of the Strickland family at Sizergh Hall, in Westmorland'. From "Illustrated London News", 1862.