Those ruffs must have been awefully uncomfortable to wear!!
I wonder how many yards/metres there were in the ruffs. does anyone know?
I know there has been something on a web site as to how to make a ruff using
the wired ribbon - and she used about 2 metrs I think.
However these ones would have
I think "Sir Walter Raleigh" was written on the back of the portrait, which is
why it was thought to be him not Shakespeare.
However, many of the Aristocracy look very similar in these 16th C paintings.
The person on the cover of the Renaissance Miniatures book looks very similar,
and so does the
Thank you Lindy for that link.
And David - Gosh, fancy looking at his eyes when there is such beautiful lace
to look at :))
However - in the close up, he has one eye slightly lighter than the other -
but they are both dark - as far as I can see, -- so I think it is just the
lighting
Maybe neither.
Intrigues me where the lace could be from, and when.
On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 1:06 PM, wrote:
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> I seem to recall (perhaps incorrectly) that somewhere in all the verbiage
> about it was the mention that it had been considered to be a picture of
> Raleigh until this new theory ca
I seem to recall (perhaps incorrectly) that somewhere in all the verbiage
about it was the mention that it had been considered to be a picture of Raleigh
until this new theory came out.
Devon
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Just for fun I googled images of Sir Walter Raleigh for whom there seem to
be heaps of portraits. Yes, there is a comparison in the style of beard, and
general face, can see how the one would remind you of the other. Almost all
the images of Sir Walter Raleigh have him wearing a smallish neck ruff.
The only problem I have with that picture is how much it looks like Sir
Walter Raleigh...who also lived around that period of time. However who am I
to dicker over who looks like who hmmm?? Doesn't matter who it is...the lace
is gorgeous...pity the painter didn't go into "slightly" more detail on t
Either Italian or English? or Flemish?
The painted face seems oddly elongate, bone structure not quite right. I
copied the image and played with it in a paint program to squash the height
and widen the face to get a more natural appearance. Interesting.
The portraitist could have been several peopl
Thanks Lindy.
So has he got one blue eye and one brown eye, or is that artistic
licence with lighting :)
David
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/images/2009/0310/1224242572504_1.html
the lace is clearer.
Lindy in Ireland
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In a message dated 3/11/2009 11:07:43 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
lacema...@eircom.net writes:
_http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/images/2009/0310/1224242572504_1.html_
(http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/images/2009/0310/1224242572504_1.html)
So, do we think it is Italian lace or English
Many thanks for all your replies about inserting bookmarks into plastic
covers. As usual, you've all come up trumps and I now have several
methods to try.
Alison in Essex UK where the sun is trying to shine and it's really
beginning to feel like sprine
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If you click on the image on the Irish Times webpage
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2009/0310/1224242572504.html
like this
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/images/2009/0310/1224242572504_1.html
the lace is clearer.
Lindy in Ireland
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I use the same method as mentioned in other messages for inserting bookmarks
(using a folded piece of thin card) but I usually cut the tassle short on
the piece of lace itself. I then use a hole punch to make a hole at the base
of the plastic sleeve and use the left over thread from the bobbins
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