Lady Wearing a Hennin

Profile view of a woman wearing a hennin, followed by a suitor. She is walking with a young page bearing her long train while the suitor steps over it. He has long white hair and a beard, appearing much older than she does. Although he seems to be of average height, he is actually shorter than she is, as illustrated by her tall shadow sharply silhouetted against the wall behind them.

This picture is an illustration for the story called “The False Courtesan,” from Droll Stories. The lady is the character named Lady of Hocquetonville and the suitor is the duc d’Orleans.

The caption reads in the original French: La preude et chaste femme, dame d’Hocquetonville.
The translation provided here is from the edition published in London by the Bibliophilist Society, 1874.