tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post243496595492876268..comments2024-03-26T12:19:52.801-04:00Comments on Tea at Trianon: Rescue Plotelena maria vidalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17129629173535139807noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post-89759141172631730972010-07-12T17:05:42.275-04:002010-07-12T17:05:42.275-04:00They were less controversial, being 'proper...They were less controversial, being 'proper' English folk. Now Elizabeth's children have changed all that.Julygirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08113475639726723076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post-3963270868378784092010-07-12T10:58:21.834-04:002010-07-12T10:58:21.834-04:00The Queen refusing to leave the King and her child...The Queen refusing to leave the King and her children at such a perilous time reminds me of WWII when they pleaded with Queen Elizabeth to leave London during the Blitz and she refused." The children won't go without me. I won't leave the King. And the King will never leave." History was kinder to the House of Windsor than it ever was to the family of King Louis XVI.lara77https://www.blogger.com/profile/12595738597369639417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post-49174221016225703572010-07-11T17:09:34.746-04:002010-07-11T17:09:34.746-04:00Indeed, Philippe, the artist captured the Queen...Indeed, Philippe, the artist captured the Queen's likeness better than many more famous portraits!elena maria vidalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17129629173535139807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post-1206917126873963132010-07-11T17:02:15.154-04:002010-07-11T17:02:15.154-04:00it's a great find. the artist certainly got th...it's a great find. the artist certainly got the queen's aquiline, habsburg nose! i think you're right on it being a miniature, if anything for it's shape.Philippehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04816287887482791939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post-1632108508352723852010-07-10T15:01:54.121-04:002010-07-10T15:01:54.121-04:00I confess, Philippe, I do not know. Someone (I don...I confess, Philippe, I do not know. Someone (I don't remember who) had it up on Facebook without the name of the artist. It looks like it might be from a miniature.....elena maria vidalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17129629173535139807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post-25054694576852189112010-07-10T14:55:00.847-04:002010-07-10T14:55:00.847-04:00i was going to say, i've never seen this portr...i was going to say, i've never seen this portrait before. do you know the artist?Philippehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04816287887482791939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post-91146717156794575992010-07-09T16:49:29.541-04:002010-07-09T16:49:29.541-04:00Fascinating! I never read or heard an account of ...Fascinating! I never read or heard an account of this.Julygirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08113475639726723076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post-48818035167430592202010-07-09T15:26:37.886-04:002010-07-09T15:26:37.886-04:00What a lovely, unusual portrait of the Queen. I do...What a lovely, unusual portrait of the Queen. I do wish she and her family could have been rescued, but, in the end, I'm sure they went to a better place.Mayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18230268418171628594noreply@blogger.com