I'm having my doubts about some portraits now, too.
Just scanning the Delhi event right now. Back soon.
: --Previous Message-- : : Just posting these now. : The first shows a cap I believe. I'm : including the second because Queen Mary so : resembles the Queen. : : : : : : : I'm not sure, Nellie, wether QM really wears : a cap in the first picture. My guess is, : that there are her hairs. She had always a : very bouffante hairdo had (to quote her : granddaughter) "mountains of : hair". The first picture was originally : scanned and posted by me and I had a look at : the booklet I scanned it from. This 'looking : at' convinced me in my guess - it's her : hair. : : And here a pic of QM with the Delhi Durbar : tiara - in her later years. The 'background' : (supposed cap) is brighter here, actually : grey as the Queen's hair. So I'm convinced : it's also not a cap, but QM's hair. I : suppose, the cap was only worn for : 'official' occasions like the Durbar itself. : : : : At the Durbar, the tiara was something like : a crown - maybe that's why QM decided to : wear it crown-style, with a cap inside... :