pies in the nursery, or, let's put the people back in the pie

... she was keen to add him to her collection of oddities. Jeffrey was dubbed "Lord Minimus," and became the Queen's dwarf, trusted companion and court favorite for 18 years....narratives.                        Queen Henrietta Maria with Jeffrey Hudson              by Van Dyck (1633)              National Gallery, Washington, D.C. Apparently he didn't grow another inch until after he left court...