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Happy monochrome Thursday as well.
Looking close...on Friday's theme is "white on white".
When thinking on what to take for this theme, my heart was heavy with the passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. God bless the Queen and may she find peace with the reunion of loved ones.
Poor Anne Boleyn walks to the gallows but the crowd seem to show her no sympathy.
A re-enactment on the anniversary of her execution, 19 May 1536.
I took this photo off the Internet as it appealed to me of Queen Elizabeth II of the UK in all her lovely outfits and she was always so elegant.
NOW SUCH SAD NEWS; QUEEN ELIZABETH 2ND died Sept. 9th, 2022 at age 96. She is mourned in many parts of the World as she represented them also as Queen, including Canada. RIP! We are all in mourning mode now!
Her husband Prince Philip died a couple of years ago at age 99.
Today is a very sad day for millions of people around the world, as Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II is laid to rest.
This is my final tribute to my Queen.
God bless Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II, (21st April 1926 - 8th September 2022), Queen of the United Kingdom from 6th of February 1952 until her death on the 8th of September 2022, reigning monarch of of 70 years and 214 days, longest reigning British monarch, second-longest recorded of any monarch of a sovereign country, monarch, teacher, daughter, sister, wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, Defender of The Faith, instiller of hope around the world.
This is how I'll remember the only Queen I've ever known.
The Old Flag of Scotland (I'm Scottish on both sides) and this perfect advertisement. youtu.be/7UfiCa244XE
And I used to own a Welsh Corgi, too ... they were very popular with Quarter Horse peeps. Her name was Sassy.
And to watch live www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_gy9DFtw5U
ManU break in Series*
this is the start of a little smash and grab I had with Old Trafford.
Basically the story goes.. I was having a wonder looking for an -in- when security must have been in the middle of lunch. I made for the elevators and made it up to the suites with the excuse of a full bladder. From the top all I could see was green and red. It just got better and better -
read on.
H.M. QUEEN LILIBET: "Dear bears and softies around the world, today is a very sad day for many of our Mummies and Daddies, Grandmammas and Grandpapas. Today marks the passing of a great monarch, lady and stateswoman who has been a steadfast rock for so many during tumultuous times over the past seventy years - Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
Her Majesty was kind and loving to all people and bears around the world, no matter what the colour of their skin or plush fur. She had a good sense of humour, and liked marmalade sandwiches. Her Majesty was a woman of grace and dignity, stoicism and strength.
I am now calling upon all of you to embrace a little of Her Majesty's strength as you comfort your Mummies and Daddies, Grandmammas and Grandpapas during this time of great loss. Help them to mourn the passing of Her Majesty with dignity. Show them you love them by giving them big little bear hugs, wipe their tear sodden cheeks, and make them smile. Remind them that whilst tomorrow is a day of the unknown after seventy years of stability, it is also a new day and a new era, and it is one of infinite possibility. Most of all, give your Mummies and Daddies, Grandmammas and Grandpapas lots of snuffly kisses. They need them right now, for their hearts are heavy."
God bless Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II, (21st April 1926 - 8th September 2022), Queen of the United Kingdom from 6th of February 1952 until her death on the 8th of September 2022, reigning monarch of of 70 years and 214 days, longest reigning British monarch, second-longest recorded of any monarch of a sovereign country, monarch, teacher, daughter, sister, wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, Defender of The Faith, instiller of hope around the world.
Series.All bank shots. (not doubles) The dark suited fellow made for a great low exposure back drop to the city. They would look, but they no I idea I was taking their photo. candid city at its best. Leeds, England.
In Series. All bank shots. (not doubles) The dark suited fellow made for a great low exposure back drop to the city. They would look, but they no I idea I was taking their photo. candid city at its best. Leeds, England.
I went to sleep an Elizabethan, my heart troubled by the news of The Queen's failing health, and I awoke a Carolean with a heart full of sadness at the passing of Her Majesty.
My mother, my partner and I have all grown up with no-one but The Queen as our Head of State and we have known no other. Her Majesty was a stable and guiding hand during times of upheaval and uncertainty. I feel privileged to have lived in the second great Elizabethan Age, and I feel I owe her a debt of gratitude for the life of service she gave to me and millions of others around the world.
Whilst none of us can say we truly knew her - that privilege bestowed upon her immediate family and close coterie of friends - I think The Queen would want us to respect her memory, and mourn as we see fit, but she would also want us to carry on as she and so many others did during the Second World War and to prosper in her memory, taking the lessons that she taught us to make the world a better place.
Therefore, I say God bless Her Majesty, and as we move into an uncertain new world, I add with stoicism and hope in my heart, long live The King.
God bless Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II, (21st April 1926 - 8th September 2022), Queen of the United Kingdom from 6th of February 1952 until her death on the 8th of September 2022, reigning monarch of of 70 years and 214 days, longest reigning British monarch, second-longest recorded of any monarch of a sovereign country, monarch, teacher, daughter, sister, wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, Defender of The Faith, instiller of hope around the world.
A miniature glass to commemorate The Queen's silver jubilee
Taken for this weeks Macro-Mondays theme 'souvenir'..
Phillip Mould:
Elizabeth I understood the power of portraiture better than almost any other English monarch. Like all the Tudors, she knew well the value of making her subjects aware of her identity. Her grandfather, Henry VII, was the first monarch to put his own accurate portrait on the English coinage, while her father, Henry VIII, seized on Holbein’s ability to present himself as a strong and majestic ruler in numerous official portraits. So Elizabeth too mobilised her own image, emboldened and reinforced with expensive costumes and sumptuous jewels, as a symbol of royal authority. Above all, such portraits were a demonstration that, despite being a woman, Elizabeth was the natural and legitimate ruler of England.
The flamboyant image of Elizabeth seen here has become one of the most successful sovereign statements in English history. The contrast with Elizabeth’s earlier portraiture is striking. In the first portrait of her as Queen, the ‘Clopton’ portrait of 1558 [Private Collection, formerly Philip Mould Ltd], Elizabeth is shown with conspicuous piety. She wears a relatively simple black dress, and holds a religious book in her hand. This portrayal accords well with what we know to be Elizabeth’s virtuous, even frugal youthful character.
But as her reign progressed Elizabeth’s portraiture became increasingly outré. Each portrait outdid the last with ever more elaborate changes in costume, pose, composition and jewelry, a progression matched by Elizabeth’s increasing addiction to expensive jewels. The process culminates in the over-indulgent, oversized, almost absurd example of the ‘Ditchley’ portrait [National Portrait Gallery], in which Elizabeth is shown full length, bestriding the earth, as bolts of lighting strike dramatically through the sky behind her. Her face is small, aged, even ugly, and overwhelmed by the rest of the painting. Elizabeth the person is subsumed by Elizabeth the icon.
And this was precisely the intention. They key to understanding Elizabeth’s portraiture lies in a recognition of her political vulnerability. Female monarchs in the sixteenth century were rare enough. Unmarried female monarchs were unheard of. Her image, therefore, could not stress traditional female charms; beauty, grace, fertility. In fact, it had to stress the opposite. From the late 1570s onwards, when it became clear that she would not marry, Elizabeth was effectively de-sexed. She was portrayed as a virtuous emblem of state, the Virgin Queen forsaking marriage for the good of the kingdom. It was therefore not enough for Elizabeth to rely on likeness alone in her portraiture. She certainly could not be portrayed in the demur, usually seated, manner of her sister Mary, supported as she was by her marriage to Philip of Spain. And, of course, Elizabeth was unable to rely on sheer physical presence in her portraits, as her father done. Thus her portraits came to rely on bejewelled and bulky costumes – ‘Gloriana’ – for the projection of majesty.
This portrait is one of the best known images of the Queen. Commonly called the ‘Armada’ type, it is one of four versions, most likely painted in the late 1580s and early 1590s. The three related pictures are at; Woburn Abbey, the National Portrait Gallery, and in the possession of the descendants of Sir Francis Drake. They celebrate the apogaic defeat of the Spanish fleet in 1588 by the inclusion of a naval battle in the background.
What is considered the ‘prime’ Armada type, that at Woburn, has been attributed to George Gower. Gower produced a large number of portraits of Elizabeth in his capacity as the Queen’s Serjeant painter, and thus would have had an extensive workshop to help meet the high demand. This portrait was most probably painted by an artist familiar with his practices.
The production of Elizabeth’s portraits followed well established practices. A standardized face ‘mask’ was used, as has been the case in this example. Face masks not only saved time, but made up for the impossibility of painting the Queen from life for each new commission. Masks were also used to adhere to the fairly stringent, if unofficial, rules surrounding the production of the Queen’s image. She preferred, for example, to have no shadows across her face, and hence the stark, bright appearance of her features. The pose and costume would then have been painted with greater artistic freedom. Subtle changes would have been introduced in each portrait, usually in the accessories such as the fan in this example, so that the dependence on standard facial types did not give rise to identical portraits of the Queen. It appears to have been accepted that no two portraits of the Queen should be identical.
There has been some debate about the precise date of this portrait. When recently sold at Christies, London, it was dated to between1600 and1620, principally due to the use of canvas. However, it is possible that the portrait can be dated to within Elizabeth’s lifetime. An imposition of a terminus post quem of 1600 on the present portrait, simply because canvas was most commonly a seventeenth century medium, is unjustified.
Although canvas is thought to have been introduced mainly at the turn of the seventeenth century, there are many examples of canvas portraits in the sixteenth century, particularly for larger works where the use of oak might have been prohibitively expensive. In Europe canvas was used throughout the sixteenth century, while in England it can be found in early Tudor royal portraits, such as the group of Henry VIII and his family [Royal Collection] and a portrait of Edward VI [Lord Egremont]. There are also examples of contemporary portraits of Elizabeth on canvas, such as; Quentin Metsys the Younger’s ‘Sieve’ portrait of 1583, Marcus Gheeraerdts’ ‘Ditchley’ portrait of c.1592 [NPG]; John Bettes the Younger’s portrait of c.1590 [on loan to Pollok House, Glasgow]; and the anonymous ‘Elizabeth I with a Crescent-moon Jewel’ [Duke of Buccleuch and Queensbury]. Significantly, two portraits that use the same face-mask as the Armada present portrait are also on canvas, one dated c.1590 at Toledo Museum of Art, and another, a full-length, also c.1590, at Trinity College Cambridge [check]. The present work is painted on a particularly coarse weave, as seen in very early English canvas paintings.
If the present work was painted after Elizabeth’s death, then it must have been a copied from an earlier work, namely, one of the other three Armada versions. What is evident from even the cursory comparison of the facial features however, is that the sensitive modelling and cadaverous characterisation are both manifestly early in handling and of notable high quality, particularly when set aside other versions. It would seem untenable that this could have been completed by any artist who did not have experience of contemporaneous workshop practices. Paint analysis has confirmed a possible date from the late sixteenth century, and reveals the use of azurite, a pigment regularly used in the sixteenth century. And, finally, and indicatively there are numerous differences between the present painting and the other three Armada types.
The most obvious difference is the lack of an Armada scene. It would make little sense for a posthumous copy of an Armada portrait not to include any reference to the greatest event of her reign, particularly when such a copy must have been commissioned with a degree of retrospective gloire. For all its later acclaim, the Armada portrait type was in fact a relatively short lived phenomenon. It seems improbable that an artist charged with making a copy in James I’s reign would chose a work of relative rarity, and which cannot by then have been easily accessible.
There are also significant differences in the jewelry between the present painting and the three other versions. In the present work the Queen wears a double chain of pearls across her bodice. A similar arrangement can be seen in Gower type portraits of the 1580s, the ‘Darnley’ portrait c.1575, Marcus Gheerearts the Elder’s c.1585 full length, and most strikingly in Quentin Metys the Younger’s ‘Sieve’ portrait of 1583. However, in the other three Armada portraits the Queen is shown wearing a far larger arrangement of pearls. These were almost certainly those bequeathed by the Earl of Leicester to Elizabeth, his “most dear and gracious Sovereign whose creature under God I have been”, in 1588. Elizabeth, who locked herself in her room on hearing Leicester’s demise, is shown wearing this gift in most of her later portraits. It would be extremely unusual for an artist to copy an Armada portrait, and then, in addition to making numerous changes in the pose and costume, revert to a formula of jewelry used before 1588.
Similarly, in the present portrait Elizabeth is shown holding a distinctive jewel of a large diamond, flanked by two figures, with a large pendant pearl. This same jewel can be seen clearly in the Metsys’ sieve portrait. It makes further appearances, in a more generalized form, in only a handful of portraits dated to the 1580s, such as that attributed by Roy Strong to John Bettes the Younger [Private Collection, Gloriana p.118, and in the little-known portrait of Elizabeth seated on a throne [Lord Tollemache]. It does not appear in portraits of the Queen post 1590. Its presence in the present portrait could be explained by an artist conversant in Elizabethan iconography and fashion – and that means a contemporary workshop.
We must also consider the likely circumstances in which the portrait would have been commissioned. Royal portraits of this size and scale were usually commissioned as a means of displaying loyalty to the regime, perhaps by a leading courtier, nobleman, or gentry family. In this context a late copy of Elizabeth on the scale and quality seen here would have had no political value in the reign of the new Stuart king, James I. Posthumous copies of Elizabeth tend to be confined to smaller corridor portraits, or include obvious references to her age and death, such as the example at Corsham Court, in which a weary Queen is overshadowed by the figure of Death.
Bradgate House is where Lady Jane Grey spent her childhood. Through politics and intrigues, she was Queen of England for 9 days. She was executed at The Tower of London, only 19 years old.
A screen shot of the Royal Website (royal.uk) with the official announcement that the British monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, has died.
She passed away peacefully at Balmoral Castle in Scotland today, Thursday 8 September 2022.
She is the only British monarch that I've ever known in my lifetime - and lifetimes of many people. She was the longest-serving British monarch, reigning for 70 years.
A period of mourning will commence in my birth country of England and rest of the United Kingdom.
RIP, Queen Elizabeth II
Thursday afternoon 8 September 2022
Buckingham Palace. London. The flag flying means the Queen is in residence. Both the official residence of the Queen & the administrative headquarters of the monarchy, the palace was built in 1703 by & for the Duke of Buckingham. Sold to King George III in 1703 for 21,000 pounds. Could hardly buy a shack in someone's backyard for that today, could you? :-) Though there have been many renovations & alterations, the front "the public face" has remained unchanged for over 300 years. Google gave me lots of interesting info on "Buck House" and revealed what's behind the glass doors of the famous centre balcony, from where all royal appearances are made. But too long a tale for here:-) View On Black
explore #42. Thank you to each one of you who have been here. It's greatly appreciated
first of a series I shot. All bank shots. (not doubles) The dark suited fellow made for a great low exposure back drop to the city. They would look, but they no I idea I was taking their photo. candid city at its best. Leeds, England.
more to come!
This was probably one of the weirdest moments for me and my minds eye. I was doing what I does on brick lane, then whamo a flickr image stopped me head. 10k miles from home and one simple image...
I have to give the other fellas props. this was my take on it, but I had no clue how HIGH up this bugger was.
No. 4° permanently burned in my mind. literally.
MrLomo's take
matthbooth's take
Will Cheyney's take
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A new portrait of the Queen by expressionist painter Stephen B Whatley; completed just days before the 60th anniversary of Her Majesty's ascension to the throne, 6th February.
Entitled Queen Elizabeth II: Diamond Jubilee Tribute, the oil painting was inspired by a series of recent photographs and especially the artist's memory of meeting the Queen in 2004 at the Tower of London; 4 years after completion of 30 paintings he was commissioned to create - all of which are reproduced permanently throughout Tower Hill Underpass that leads to the Tower.
The Queen is depicted wearing the George IV Diadem; and Stephen's memory of studying the Crown Jewels in the Jewel House, for his Tower commission, was vivid; recapturing the sparkling sensations.
Stephen remembers Her Majesty 'glowing with a gentle humility and kindness...I wanted the painting to evoke both tenderness and strength - to be full of sparkles, in this Diamond Jubilee year...the gleam of the diamonds, the twinkle in the Queen's eyes'
Stephen previous Royal works, in a career of over 20 years, include paintings of Buckingham Palace for the Royal Collection - one of which hangs in the Palace - and tributes to the Queen's late sister Princess Margaret, and Prince William and Kate Middleton; prior to their Royal Wedding last year; while many celebrities have sat for a vibrant Whatley portrait - including actresses Julie Walters OBE, Barbara Windsor MBE, Dame Judi Dench & Sian Phillips CBE; & fashion designer Matthew Williamson.
The work of Stephen B Whatley is in private collections worldwide; and in public collections including the Royal Collection, Historic Royal Palaces, BBC Heritage & the London Transport Museum.
*UPDATE: the original portrait is to go on public show for the first time at the Olympia International Fine Art & Antiques Fair in London; June 7-17, 2012.
Oil on canvas
35.5 x 23.5in/ 90.2 x 59.7cm
Private collection, Indonesia
Francis Bird, Richard Claude Belt, & L. A. Malempré, 1712/1886, near St. Paul's Cathedral, Castle Baynard, The City, London, England, GBR, sculpture
How many other Flickr photo streams go from a long exposure in Yorkshire to a mono of the queen....LOL
I popped down to the harbour this evening to capture a few PSV's making their way back to the north sea , imagine my surprise to find Queen Elizabeth II sitting in the back seat of her car taking in the scenery and vibe's of the harbour , she happily posed for a photo and even gave a royal wave as I pressed the shutter button.
Queen Elizabeth II
Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; born 21 April 1926, has been Queen of the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand since 6 February 1952. Additionally, she is Head of the Commonwealth and Queen of 12 countries that have become independent since her accession: Jamaica, Barbados, the Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Belize, Antigua and Barbuda, and Saint Kitts and Nevis.
Elizabeth was born in London as the elder child of the Duke and Duchess of York, later King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, and she was educated privately at home. Her father acceded to the throne on the abdication of his brother Edward VIII in 1936, from which time she was the heir presumptive.
She began to undertake public duties during the Second World War, serving in the Auxiliary Territorial Service. In 1947, she married Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, a former prince of Greece and Denmark, with whom she has four children: Charles, Prince of Wales; Anne, Princess Royal; Prince Andrew, Duke of York; and Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex.
Elizabeth's many historic visits and meetings include a state visit to the Republic of Ireland and visits to or from five popes. She has seen major constitutional changes, such as devolution in the United Kingdom, Canadian patriation, and the decolonisation of Africa. She has reigned through various wars and conflicts involving many of her realms. She is the world's oldest reigning monarch as well as Britain's longest-lived. In 2015, she surpassed the reign of her great-great-grandmother, Queen Victoria, to become the longest-reigning British monarch and the longest-reigning queen regnant and female head of state in world history. In October 2016, she became the longest currently reigning monarch and head of statefollowing the death of King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand.
Times of personal significance have included the births and marriages of her children, her coronation in 1953, and the celebration of milestones such as her Silver, Golden, and Diamond Jubilees in 1977, 2002, and 2012, respectively. In 2017 she became the first British monarch to commemorate a Sapphire Jubilee. Moments of sadness for her include the death of her father in 1952 at age 56; the assassination of Prince Philip's uncle Lord Mountbatten in 1979; the breakdown of her children's marriages in 1992 (her annus horribilis); the death in 1997 of her son's former wife, Diana, Princess of Wales; and the deaths of her mother and sister in 2002.
Elizabeth has occasionally faced republican sentiments and press criticism of the royal family; however, support for the monarchy remains high, as does her personal popularity.
Burton Agnes
Burton Agnes Hall
These Coats of Arms are set high in the wooden panelling in a small room in Burton Agnes Hall. They date from the reign of King Henry VIII and were moved for some reason to the Hall from a church in the town of Beverley.
The one on the left is the Coat of Arms of Henry VIII (1491-1547) and his first wife Catherine of Aragon (1485-1536). Catherine was Queen of England from June 1509 until May 1533, she was previously Princess of Wales as the wife of Henry's elder brother Arthur Tudor (1486-1502).
Henry VIII was King of England from 1509 until his death. Henry was the second Tudor monarch, succeeding his father Henry VII, the succession passed to Henry following the death of his brother Arthur.
The one on the right is the Coat of Arms of Henry Percy, 6th Earl of Northumberland (1502 -1537) He was an English nobleman, active as a military officer in the north. He is now primarily remembered as the betrothed of Anne Boleyn, whom he was forced to give up before she became involved with King Henry VIII.
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Buckingham Palace in Westminster, London.
It is a royal residence and the administrative headquarters of the monarch of the United Kingdom. Originally known as Buckingham House, the building at the core of today's palace was a large townhouse built for the Duke of Buckingham in 1703 on a site that had been in private ownership for at least 150 years.
It was acquired by King George III in 1761 as a private residence for Queen Charlotte and became known as The Queen's House. During the 19th century it was enlarged by architects John Nash and Edward Blore, who constructed three wings around a central courtyard. Buckingham Palace became the London residence of the British monarch on the accession of Queen Victoria in 1837.
The last major structural additions were made in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, including the East Front, which contains the well-known balcony on which the royal family traditionally appears to greet crowds. A German bomb destroyed the palace chapel during the Second World War; the Queen's Gallery was built on the site and opened to the public in 1962 to exhibit works of art from the Royal Collection.
The original early-19th-century interior designs, many of which survive, include widespread use of brightly coloured scagliola and blue and pink lapis, on the advice of Sir Charles Long. King Edward VII oversaw a partial redecoration in a Belle Époque cream and gold colour scheme. Many smaller reception rooms are furnished in the Chinese regency style with furniture and fittings brought from the Royal Pavilion at Brighton and from Carlton House. The palace has 775 rooms, and the garden is the largest private garden in London. The state rooms, used for official and state entertaining, are open to the public each year for most of August and September and on some days in winter and spring.
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Explored! No 414 on 20th November 2011 - thanks Guys 'n' Gals!!
Sandringham house is the Queens winter home in Norfolk. Half a mile to the east of the house is the Royal Stud, and this bungalow is right next door and part of the buildings attached to that. It's a very ordinary early 20th century building, but I thought it looked rather quaint, and rather lovely with it's autumn flowers in abundance out the front, and the interesting paintwork above the door and windows.