Thank you Helen. Can you give me the date of the ILN please? I did not think to search for dates earlier than the event.
I was thinking that the study photograph could have been posed before the event too. At the time there would have been both illustrators and photographers gearing up for the event.
Just goes to show how careful we need to be over the authenticity of images back then.
--Previous Message-- : Nellie, I think I can help. : It seems as if Queen Mary's coronation dress : was displayed prior to the Coronation as : "this is the dress the Queen will : wear.." - obviously it was displayed on : a headless dummy and I have a photo ex the : Coronation special edition of the : Illustrated London News which shows QMary in : her dress. Under the photo it says "to : be worn at her crowning" and final text : reads " We wish to emphasise again the : fact that this illustration is composite - : made up of a portrait of her Majesty and a : photgraph of the gown and train". : They used a photo of QM with a fringe tiara, : the love trophy collar & her V shaped : diamond drop necklace. : In the photograph that you show the : photographers used another portrait of QM to : paste above the dress - and they also : decided that she needed a crown - any crown : would do!
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