Hi,
I have also seen the Elizabeth Coronation portrait at the National Portrait
Gallery, some years ago. Perhaps they moved it to Windsor for a special
exhibition?
Bjarne
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From: "Diana Habra" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Historical Costume" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2006 3:45 AM
Subject: Re: [h-cost] Princess Elizabeth
When did you see it in the Portrait Gallery? I was in England in 2002,
and
saw the painting at Windsor. The dress was screaming pink, no orange to
it
at all.
The forepart and undersleeves are made of a gold pile/cream base "cut and
voided" velvet, although I suspect that the pile, in this case, is gold
thread (looks distinctly metallic).
--Sue, wondering if there are two of them out there....
Hmmm...maybe I was mistaken. I know I saw the Princess Mary Tudor
portrait while I was there. I thought I saw the Elizabeth one, too.
But seeing the Mary Tudor portrait in person was pretty cool because I
discovered that her chemise had redwork on the cuffs! I hadn't heard of
redwork before then and the photos I had seen of the painting didn't have
enough detail to show it. Very cool!
Diana
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