Images of English Queens Consorts

[jcbcode99]

Originally Posted by gogm

I recall this and the next one came from the Alexander Palace board.

The second picture is not of Queen Alexandra, but of Queen Mary. She is wearing a tiara she had comissioned that was later broken up (presumably to make the Lover's Knot tiara). Her necklace is the Surry Fringe. She is also wearing one of her wedding presents, the Kensington Bow Brooch with pearl drop.

[gogm]

Whoa!

Sorry for the error.

I hope this sets things right!

[gogm]

This should expand when opened...

[Tinika]

Originally Posted by jcbcode99

The second picture is not of Queen Alexandra, but of Queen Mary. She is wearing a tiara she had comissioned that was later broken up (presumably to make the Lover's Knot tiara). Her necklace is the Surry Fringe. She is also wearing one of her wedding presents, the Kensington Bow Brooch with pearl drop.

The jewels in the first photo (Alexandra) are blowing my mind.

[jcbcode99]

Alexandra had some impressive pieces! I would love to see a closeup of the Rundell Tiara (wedding gift from her husband)---

[GlitteringTiaras]

Here are some 200 plus images of various British Queens and princesses. Enjoy.

[ricland]

Sir Alan Ramsey, painter in ordinary to George III. did several portraits of Queen Charlotte.

To my eyes the inset in the image below is the original. I say this because it is more expertly rendered than the one it sets atop of. In addition, in the cartoon below it, we see the cartoonist's rendition of Queen Charlotte that most certainly is of the woman in the inset.

And then there are the two other versions of the same portrait that each look dramatically different from each other. In fact, with the exception of the inset and the cartoon, all of the extant portraits of Queen Charlotte looking dramatically different from each other; that is, as if each artist rendered a portrait of the way he thought this woman OUGHT TO LOOK.

And that's not all.

The strongest evidence we have that Charlotte was of African ancestry is Baron Von Stockmar's comment to be found in his dairy: "She had a face of a true mulatto."

Stockmar, a physician, visited the Court a few years before Charlotte died. Years later he became physician to Queen Victoria.

[sirhon11234]

Indeed, she did have negroid features.