Hofdame Note: Thank you to geogirl for this fun post! Life doesn’t happen in black and white… The idea of adding colour to a monochrome image by hand dates back to the beginning of photography about 1850. For many decades, it was the only way to get a colour photograph. Hand coloring was a practical… Continue reading Random Royal Rotogravure – Hand Tinted Photos
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Random Royal Rotogravure
Royal Boating Party circa 1882:Louise, Queen of Denmark with her granddaughters Princess Louise (1867-1931), Princess Maud (1869-1938), and Princess Victoria (1868-1935), the children of the Prince and Princess of Wales, later King Edward VII. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images) Embed from Getty Imageswindow.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'mE3GLVMpTgpSlm_OPqIuEw',sig:'fx81D_iUiEwdhqsoxgzBaZOrt-AGZn_zUYy9TpmGFno=',w:'594px',h:'395px',items:'3285960',caption: true ,tld:'co.uk',is360: false })}); Don't they look thrilled!? Yes, you had to… Continue reading Random Royal Rotogravure
Random Royal Rotogravure
Postcard dated June 26, 1905, from Princess Ena of Battenberg to Prince Alfonso of Spain. It included a photo of the wedding party of Princess Margaret of Connaught to Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf of Sweden, with Ena on the far left. Ena wrote in French because she didn't speak Spanish and Alfonso spoke a bit… Continue reading Random Royal Rotogravure
Random Royal Rotogravure
Edward, Prince of Wales, in army uniform, early 20th century. Artist: Tuck and Sons. Edward served in the Grenadier Guards during World War I. He became king when his father, George V, died in 1936, but abdicated in order to marry Wallis Simpson, an American divorcee, thus heading off an impending constitutional crisis. (Photo by… Continue reading Random Royal Rotogravure
Random Royal Rotogravure
When they were young. Embed from Getty Imageswindow.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'nQk6Evr7QhtBuLgqEIU9zA',sig:'weRVcGzE9XDmZH1gQq-Idas7HH_tskV9EruEbe2E5t4=',w:'469px',h:'594px',items:'565486479',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })}); The fifties had their share of glamorous royals. Let us see which ones you think rule in the sophistication sweepstakes.
