How interesting - must be a print taken from a copy of the original. I've never seen that one before! They stayed very near to the original in color, though - isn't that a spiff outfit?
Liadain THL Liadain ni Mhordha OFO wildernesse, the Outlands http://practical-blackwork.blogspot.com http://www.flickr.com/photos/liadains_fancies -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of MaggiRos Sent: Sunday, April 20, 2008 8:51 AM To: Historical Costume Subject: Re: [h-cost] a little OT - hunting a portrait Is this is? http://www.darvillsrareprints.com/Images/images/Shaw%20Dresses/earlofsurrey. jpg or http://tinyurl.com/4vzl8e It's listed there as the Earl of Surrey. MaggiRos --- Catherine Kinsey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I love this portrait too :). The original is at > Hampton court, or at > least it was when I saw it there almost 23 years > ago. It is almost a > life-size painting. The entire outfit is red, as the > version in Tudor > Tailor is. It makes for a very unique contrast to > the white shirt and > blackwork embroidery. > > The only place I have seen a color copy of the > portrait was on the > cover of a costume & armor book. Sorry I don't have > the title, it is > home packed in a box somewhere. > > Catherine > ************************** > Yes! That is exactly the right one! When I first > saw him - probably > 10 > years ago, because he was the inspiration for the > look of a > blackworked > shirt I entered in a Kingdom A&S - I found him in > color - the black > and > white of the shirt was gorgeous against the red > suit. > > Thanks! AT least I know I'm not completely crazy! > <G> > > Liadain > > -----Original Message----- > You mean this one? > http://www.elizabethan-portraits.com/UnknownMan19.jpg > > An Unknown Man by an Unknown Artist, c.1548. (The > Royal Collection) > But in color? > > I know I've seen it in color, I just don't remember > where. Give me until tomorrow, or hopefully someone > else has it, or knows where a better version is. > > And I checked the Royal Collection, and doing a > quick > search did not find it there online. > > Kimiko > > > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > The Elizabethan World is at http://elizabethan.org coming soon in paperback! _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
