On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 7:22 PM, Elizabeth Walpole < ewalp...@grapevine.com.au> wrote:
> I'm pretty sure this is from the decoration in the British Parliament, > there > is a series of all the kings and queens of England and they all have a gold > background and a caption underneath, > I think it was done in the Victorian period but I don't know for sure. > Elizabeth > http://www.explore-parliament.net/nssMovies/index.htm Yep. Start from Elizabeth of York and work down for the specific examples. http://www.explore-parliament.net/nssMovies/02/0279/0279_.htm Anne Boleyn is actually from a portrait of Anne of Bohemia. Seems to have been mis-named for a long time as I saw the same (original) portrait in an old encyclopedia under Anne's Boleyn's entry ;) Other images on the site have modern-ish interpretations too ;) http://www.explore-parliament.net/nssMovies/01/0169/0169_.htm http://www.explore-parliament.net/nssMovies/01/0193/0193_.htm I must flee or I'd have fun looking for other interpretations. They seem to tell a lot about the period they are created in. Michaela http://glittersweet.com _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
