Re: Queen Mary's City of London gift. some more evidence Archived Message
Posted by Torkel on September 18, 2016, 3:33 am, in reply to "Re: Queen Mary's City of London gift. some more evidence"
Thank you for the extensive research, Beth. I am amazed by all the sources you can access. Your suggestions are convincing. Unless there were more than one of this specific kind of necklace/choker. I am slightly surprised Queen Mary would give such such a piece to her sister-in-law, but perhaps it was only borrowed by the latter. --Previous Message-- : On 3 June 1913 the Times carried a report : that Sir Charles Wakefield, a wealthy : philanthropist and later Lord Mayor of the : City of London, had authorised a bust to be : carved of Queen Mary by the famed sculptor, : Sir George Frampton. It was to be presented : to the Guildhall. : : : : It was formally unveiled on 29 September : 1915. : : The Times 30 September 1915 : : : Today the bust is still in the Guildhall's : collection : http://collage.cityoflondon.gov.uk/view-item?key=SXsiTiI6MTg2LCJQIjp7InZhbHVlIjoiUXVlZW4gTWFyeSIsIm9wZXJhdG9yIjoxLCJmdXp6eVByZWZpeExlbmd0aCI6MywiZnV6enlNaW5TaW1pbGFyaXR5IjowLjc1LCJtYXhTdWdnZXN0aW9ucyI6MywiYWx3YXlzU3VnZ2VzdCI6bnVsbH19&pg=98&WINID=1473995574866#X4pONj_mnioAAAFXMPownA/9331 : : The Guildhall site has an excellent zoom in : feature which allows us to see that Queen : Mary is wearing the diamond and pearl choker : we are all familiar with. : : Below is another image of this sculpture. It : is by Stephencdickenson who has placed it on : the Wikimedia Commons site. : : By Stephencdickson (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0 : (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)], : via Wikimedia Commons : : : : As the Queen would have known that the bust : was for the Guildhall I suspect HM chose to : be depicted with this jewel as an : acknowledgement of the City's gift to her. : : One thesis notes that the members of the : royal family always did sittings for : Frampton, and so I doubt if the choice of : jewels depicted was left to the artist. See : http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/303/1/uk_bl_ethos_399910_vol1.pdf : page 293 - the comment is next to the : listing for the bust of King George V. On : page 196 the author states that the bust was : presented directly to the Guildhall but did : not (for my purposes) have the crucial link : that it was commissioned for the Guildhall. : : I believe that the diamond and pearl choker : Queen Mary has been photographed wearing on : grand occasions is the wedding gift from : the City of London, although I accept that : perhaps only Queen Mary's jewel inventories : will provide conclusive proof. : : : :
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