tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807469356676934317.post3307342473254087381..comments2024-03-25T10:50:11.187-07:00Comments on Gods and Foolish Grandeur: King, Queen, Princess - three portraits by de László, 1907Stephiliushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08562830870365561419noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807469356676934317.post-78676904482593595252018-02-24T10:11:42.299-08:002018-02-24T10:11:42.299-08:00I totally understand your frustration! There's...I totally understand your frustration! There's something odd about her eyes as well; in photographs the light reflected in them always looks strange, and then she's a bit wall-eyed. For what Alexandra actually looked like in later life, unveiled and un-retouched, there's the image included in this post:<br /><br />http://godsandfoolishgrandeur.blogspot.com/2014/02/two-coronations-two-sisters-retouched.htmlStephiliushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08562830870365561419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807469356676934317.post-43691089042758480342018-02-24T09:57:52.805-08:002018-02-24T09:57:52.805-08:00At thirty-nine - so out of range for marriage in t...At thirty-nine - so out of range for marriage in that day and age - I'm sure she saw the writing on the wall....Stephiliushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08562830870365561419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807469356676934317.post-48959986361896367092018-02-23T15:03:39.588-08:002018-02-23T15:03:39.588-08:00The very regal Princess Victoria already looked sa...The very regal Princess Victoria already looked sad and resigned to a lonely life of service to her mother in 1907. I suppose that was because her father Edward VII had always had a wonderful social life, and Queen Alexandra had been aware of all her husband's other women. de László was spot on.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807469356676934317.post-87930768991614553642018-02-23T09:37:54.318-08:002018-02-23T09:37:54.318-08:00I find Queen Alexandra confounding. Although I'...I find Queen Alexandra confounding. Although I've been looking at photographs and paintings of her for decades, I find it impossible to develop any fixed sense of what she really looked like. Her portraits are obviously idealized, and her photos very often doctored. László has caught her here at something like 63, and while she looks significantly older than in many other images, I still find it hard to catch the genuine sense of <i>likeness</i> that is so immediate with Edward and Poor Toria. It's such a contrast to, say, Queen Mary, who in even the roughest newspaper sketch always manages to look <i>exactly</i> like herself and no one else, if you know what I mean. Muscatohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04657061324487851341noreply@blogger.com