> The "OLD" Houses of Parliament were burnt-down in a catastrophic fire in > the early 1840's - 1842, I think, - leaving only Westminster Hall from the > older buildings. > A.W.N. Pugin was the Architect who did most of the detail design for the > "new" Houses of Parliament.
Came across this same info in a book about the Gothic Revival, of which these buildings are a prime example. > So the pictures of the Kings and Queens of England you mention are of early > Victorian date - though the Artists may have drawn upon older images. Basing your painting on an older painting is an old artistic tradition. Swipe the pose and everything - why not? And you might have noticed in some of the images on that amazing website, the copies reverse right to left in printing. -- Carolyn Kayta Barrows -- “The future is already here, it is just unevenly distributed.” -William Gibson -- _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
