tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6716892415828794074.post7372028448754999249..comments2024-03-26T13:03:33.696+00:00Comments on British Art: Franz Xaver Winterhalter - The First of May, 1851Hermeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00968366076064269729noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6716892415828794074.post-65666187654328465702010-07-27T12:05:12.566+01:002010-07-27T12:05:12.566+01:00I like this too, the poses are unnatural but someh...I like this too, the poses are unnatural but somehow noble.Hermeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00968366076064269729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6716892415828794074.post-11055661503305956432010-07-27T11:34:21.744+01:002010-07-27T11:34:21.744+01:00This is one of my favorite portraits of Queen Vict...This is one of my favorite portraits of Queen Victoria, the happy early years before Albert's untimely death.<br />The diadem she is wearing, was passed down to generations, and I believe it is still worn on special ocassions...I read somewhere that there is a far-away look about him in this portrait, as if he was musing on what the future will be.Dolls from the Attichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10657475720821198743noreply@blogger.com