[h-cost] 3 'new' portraits of Queen Elizabeth
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+AMbrc_image=http://www.sothebys.com/media/live/pub/2007/OCT/p37576_thumb.jpgc_location=London,%20New%20Bond%20Streetc_name=Important+British+Paintingscat=1event_id=28387g=1i=1sale_id=L07123nb=1dp=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 Elizabeth Walpole Canberra Australia ewalpole[at]tpg.com.au http://au.geocities.com/amiperiodornot/ ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
[h-cost] Theater Group in NC in need of costume help!
Hi, I've been a member of the group for several years, I enjoy every post in it but I mostly lurk and read. I live in the Raleigh, NC area and we recently experienced a tragedy which I think is something that most costumers would be interested in knowing. Out on the outter banks, there is a theatrical company called The Lost Colony, they've been active for 70 years re-enacting the first English settlement on Roanoke Island. On September 12, 2007 they suffered a loss that would have destroyed most organizations of their nature - a fire. The entire costume shop has been destroyed. They are seeking help - any help to replace what was lost - fabric, costumes, pro-bono seamstress work, etc. A 400 year-old mystery haunts Roanoke Island on North Carolina's Outer Banks. There, in 1587, about 120 men, women and children established the first English colony in the New World, then vanished without a trace, leaving historians and archaeologists with one of America's most perplexing mysteries. Written by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Paul Green, The Lost Colony tells their story in the dramatic setting of historic waterside Theatre on Roanoke Island. Now in its 70th season, The Lost Colony has been attended by millions and brings all the elements of family entertainment together for an unforgettable evening under the stars. Lost Colony buildings destroyed in fire Villa Dunes citizen saves Waterside Theatre (Manteo, NC - September 11, 2007) On 11 September 2007 at 12:35 A.M., a resident of Villa Dunes spotted a fire across the sound on Roanoke Island, and called 911. Part of The Lost Colony's Waterside Theatre was in flames. All fire departments north of Oregon Inlet responded. Fire crews worked swiftly and efficiently to control the blaze, and take necessary precautions to save the nearby men's dressing room structure. In spite of their efforts, the maintenance shed, which appears to have been at or near the source of the fire was completely destroyed. Charred pieces of framing in a flimsy skeleton, pointing irregularly toward the star-lighted sky, appear to be all that remains of what was the Irene Rains Costume Shop. All of the show costumes, all of the historic costumes, all of the fabrics, all of the shoes and hats are traditionally stored in the costume shop. All are lost-except the court costumes which fortunately are still at the dry cleaners, and a few that have already been delivered to the NC Museum of History for the Lost Colony exhibition scheduled to open in October. All of the colonist costumes, and all of the Indian costumes were destroyed. All of the vintage costumes are lost All those built by Irene Rains in the 1940s and 1950s; And all of Fred Voelpel's in the 1960s, 70s and early 80s; MANY OF 5-TIME TONY AWARD-WINNING DESIGNER WILLIAM IVEY LONG'S COSTUMES WERE ALSO DESTROYED. Despite the loss, the show will go on. The Lost Colony's producing organization, the Roanoke Island Historical Association Board of Directors, had an emergency meeting to discuss future plans for the rebuilding and replacement of the costume shop. Whenever there is a disaster of this magnitude, you put one foot in front of another and keep going. You don't look behind, you look to the future. The Lost Colony has rebounded from tragedy before and the show will go on next season. This dream will live forever, said John Tucker, Chairman of Board of Directors for the Roanoke Island Historical Association (RIHA), producer of The Lost Colony. As individuals who love the world of historical costuming, we can help this wonderful organization continue it's ongoing live performances long into the future. They not only put on the Lost Colony play, but several other performances - Shakespere Under the Stars and Tea with the Queen (Elizabeth 1). So, yes, they can use all manner of costumes. I've been in contact with some personnel at the Lost Colony organization and have offered to assist in whatever way they can utilize, sewing costumes, donating garments or fabric, whatever. We love to dip out toes into the past by walking around in someone else's corset for a day to try to imagine their lives. Therefore we all need to contact the production and offer what we can so we don't lose something precious forever. They can use our help! Afterall, who knows historical and/or theatrical costuming better then we do as a group??? The address for the lost Colony is: 1409 National Park Drive Manteo, NC 27954 The costume shop number is: 252-473-2281 The website is: www.thelostcolony.org The email is: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ANY costumes will be accepted, as well as costuming supplies. --- Donna Bates [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
[h-cost] Re: 3 'new' portraits of Queen Elizabeth
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+AMbrc_image=http://www.sothebys.com/media/live/pub/2007/OCT/p37576_thumb.jpgc_location=London,%20New%20Bond%20Streetc_name=Important+British+Paintingscat=1event_id=28387g=1i=1sale_id=L07123nb=1dp=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 h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] Re: 3 'new' portraits of Queen Elizabeth
Quoting Sharon Henderson [EMAIL PROTECTED]: 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. Theoretically, it's in your browser cache somewhere. I poked around in my Mozilla cache today, but didn't find it. I haven't tried IE yet. Generally, if it *is* in cache, it's in pieces like a jig-saw puzzle. You can use the print screen button and then save that piece of the painting. You have to have a paint/photo program (Paint Shop Pro, PhotoShop, MS Paint -- shoot, you can even paste it into a Word Document!) and then just paste after you use the print screen button. I saved several pieces like that. Susan - Susan Farmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College Division of Science and Math http://www.goldsword.com/sfarmer/Trillium/ ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] another soucre for pictoral research
No, no, it's Blessed Thomas Percy, not Seymour. He was an earl of Northumberland. MaggiRos Catherine Olanich Raymond [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thursday 25 October 2007, Sharon Collier wrote: Ooooh! Paintings of Queen Elizabeth I and the Blessed Thomas Seymour, guess it was a sympathizer who named that one. Also Victorian stuff-for Dickens Fair. Blessed Thomas Seymour? Considering he was executed for treason (if it's the Tom Seymour I'm thinking of--Katherine Parr's last husband, right?), that's quite a promotion. :-) Vikings? What Vikings? We are but poor, simple farmers. The village was burning when we got here. Anon. ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
RE: [h-cost] 3 'new' portraits of Queen Elizabeth
Here are the Norris comparison images http://www.glove.org/costume/current/elizabeth1.php Chiara Francesca -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Elizabeth Walpole Sent: Friday, October 26, 2007 7:46 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Historic Costume Subject: [h-cost] 3 'new' portraits of Queen Elizabeth 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+AMbr c_image=http://www.sothebys.com/media/live/pub/2007/OCT/p37576_thumb.jpgc_ location=London,%20New%20Bond%20Streetc_name=Important+British+Paintingsca t=1event_id=28387g=1i=1sale_id=L07123nb=1dp=British+Pictures+Before+18 50 ) 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 Elizabeth Walpole Canberra Australia ewalpole[at]tpg.com.au http://au.geocities.com/amiperiodornot/ ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] another soucre for pictoral research
On Friday 26 October 2007, MaggiRos wrote: No, no, it's Blessed Thomas Percy, not Seymour. He was an earl of Northumberland. What a relief. I didn't think anyone could even remotely claim that Seymour should be blessed. Thanks for the correction! -- Cathy Raymond [EMAIL PROTECTED] Passion is inversely proportional to the amount of real information available.-- Gregory Benford ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
