Oh WOW, those are wonderful pics! Alas you cannot save the very close-ups, but it is well worth the brief pain of filling out the forms! I have long wanted to make that gown and feared to start... err, I mean the crimson van der Meulan portrait of Elizabeth.
Are those cuttes in the hem? Some of the lozenges throughout the fabric look 3-dimensional... could they be gems or silver pieces? Oh, and the detail on the girdle and the neckline, and just everything! *wallows in rapture* This is just wonderful! Thank you Elizabeth!! Meli On 10/26/07, Elizabeth wrote: > I've posted this information on about 4 lists so sorry if you get it more > than once > For those interested in Elizabethan clothing Sotheby's currently has 3 > portraits of Queen Elizabeth I on their website which have been in private > collections until now (and therefore relatively inaccessible) you can see > them on this webpage http://preview.tinyurl.com/yr3le7 (the full url is > http://browse.sothebys.com/?c_date=Session%201+|+22+Nov+07%2C+10%3A30+AM<br>&c_image=http://www.sothebys.com/media/live/pub/2007/OCT/p37576_thumb.jpg&c_location=London,%20New%20Bond%20Street&c_name=Important+British+Paintings&cat=1&event_id=28387&g=1&i=1&sale_id=L07123&nb=1&dp=British+Pictures+Before+1850 > ) > I personally think the first one is the most interesting as it's clearly the > source for one of the re-drawings in Herbert Norris (you can see a scan of > Norris' picture on this page http://www.sapphireandsage.com/girdle.html ) > but the best bit is that they are zoomable, you can zoom in really close to > see details that are virtually impossible to see in most online scans, you > will need to register to see the full size images but if you really object > to giving Sotheby's your email address you can see if > http://www.bugmenot.com/ has an id you can use. > Elizabeth _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
