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Posted by Nellie
on July 13, 2012, 1:41 am, in reply to "Re: QD - more info from Ursula"
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Thanks again for the pics.
The brooches are certainly very similar.
I agree that Queen Mary herself probably knew precisely what she was doing when creating her photographic record.
--Previous Message--
: I myself have seen the page from The Graphic
: that illustrates a brooch that they label as
: "a jewelled pendant from the people of
: richmond".
:
: It's design is somewhat similar to the
: brooch that Roberts labels as 'Queen Mary's
: Richmond Brooch'. However I am in no doubt
: to believe Roberts as he consulted the
: authoritative source of Queen Mary's Jewels
: (her own notes).
:
: The brooch illustrated in the Graphic, I
: assume is perhaps the 'Surrey Brooch', it is
: more than possible that the Graphic made a
: mistake in its labelling, just as now the
: press have been known to make mistakes. The
: one person who is most likely to not make
: mistakes is Queen Mary herself.
:
: Here is the image taken from the Graphic, I
: am inclined to believe this captioning less
: reliable than Roberts. Although looking at
: the design, it is clear that the two
: brooches were confused by the contemporary
: press as they are so similar (it is not
: clear which brooch this is). Just like
: today, speculation on these boards, or
: factual inaccuracies perpetuate in other
: publications, I believe this is the same
: case with this captioning of this brooch.
:
:
:
: --Previous Message--
:
: I'm not disputing your remarks Boffer but I
: note that Ursula's page mentions some
: contemporary press sources.
: I don't have them here in our main library.
:
: I wonder if Laura M could clarify for us
: what those sources said at the time please.
:
:
: --Previous Message--
: I believe without a shadow of a doubt the
: information supplied by Roberts, we have to
: remember that unlike all previous
: publications, Roberts had unparalleled
: access to the Royal Archives, most important
: Queen Mary's Photographic jewellery
: inventory, which has clear pictures and
: detailed notes on each piece of jewelley.
:
: Queen Mary herself will have known which
: brooch was a gift from Surrey and which was
: a gift from Richmond and she would have thus
: labelled them accordingly. It is from these
: indisputable sources that Roberts draws his
: information.
:
: Thus I have unqualified trust in the
: validity and credibility of Robert's
: publication and information. Thus this
: brooch was a gift from The Town of Richmond,
: and is thus known as 'Queen Mary's Richmond
: Brooch'.
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