Lady Godiva
Lady Godiva
Godgifu of Buckingham, wife of Leofric III "the Great" of Mercia...
King Edward I, being an inquisitive man (he devised an earnest, but rather awkward system for the classification of songbirds in Wales), wished to discover the truth of the Godiva story and, therefore, commissioned an inquiry of ancient records which showed that in 1057 and thereabouts, there were indeed no taxes levied in Coventry except those on horses, which was a rather anomalous situation not seen elsewhere at the time, thereby establishing the merit and probable accuracy of the legend.
So, where did she keep the chocolates?
Nice painting of Lady Godiva, Blam. A quick Google tells me that it’s by John Collier, English Victorian artist. He lived to 1934, long enough to recieve the disrespect that the modern art world came to feel for anyone who actually mastered the craft of painting. A shame, he was clearly a talented guy.