--Previous Message-- : Symbolising the Empire: The Queen's Coronation : Dress. Illustrated London News (London, : England),Saturday, June 17, 1911; pg. 947; : Issue 3765 : : --Previous Message-- : : 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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