tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807469356676934317.post4126501340023665309..comments2024-03-25T10:50:11.187-07:00Comments on Gods and Foolish Grandeur: Queen Victoria and Prince Albert after a Drawing Room, 11 May 1854 - photographs by Roger Fenton Stephiliushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08562830870365561419noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807469356676934317.post-19154813988575609602016-10-12T08:29:08.647-07:002016-10-12T08:29:08.647-07:00Aw, how sweet of you to say, Maria. Thank you. And...Aw, how sweet of you to say, Maria. Thank you. And what a - thrill - for me to have such knowledgeable readers of this blog, who add so much by their kind - and informed! - comments. : ) Stephiliushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08562830870365561419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807469356676934317.post-16366871432652969882016-10-12T02:39:08.180-07:002016-10-12T02:39:08.180-07:00Anybody that read Tolstoy's Anna Karenina-and ...Anybody that read Tolstoy's Anna Karenina-and payed attention when he's describing Anna's splendor at that ball after she met Vronsky-knows that the fashion of the day dictated wearing veils at formal gatherings. We can also see that truly beautiful Sissi of Autria wearing hers...<br />Prince Albert family's good looks were legendary. His mother was beautiful and his uncle, Leopold of Belgium, widower of George III's granddaughter, the Princess of Wales, was the handsomest man of his time.<br />Thank you, Stephen for always showing us such beautiful paintings and photographs. You lead us into knowledge all the time.<br />Maria Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12932126681237937406noreply@blogger.com