I didn't take these pics, Portrait Galleries frown on the use of cameras. But I found them on the internet. These are some of my muses, the things that inspire me. These are a couple of pics that I have seen up close and personal in the National Portrait Gallery. The colors in person are stunning so deep.
this is the coronation portrait of Elizabeth. She was twenty-five.
this next one is called the Darnley portrait, probably after an owner of the portrait. It was when Elizabeth I was 42 in 1575.
This last portrait is called the Ditchley portrait.
It is very impressive because it is 8 foot by 5 foot. It is huge. It is so impressive. I like to just stand and stare up at it. And it shows Elizabeth standing on England. It was in 1592 when she was 59. She really didn't like portraits that showed her aging so it very difficult to know exactly what she looked like when she got older.
After I walked back to the hotel, I was able to hook up with the Milligan Humanities tour people who happened to be in London. So I went to dinner with Traci Smith, Carrie S., and Kenny and Natalia Suit. We ate at this Japanese restaurant (not like Moto's) and it was really good. It was sooo good to actually have conversation with someone.
Tomorrow the Milligan Humanities people are going to two musuems (Britain at War, and Victoria and Albert) and I was invited to go with them. So I am meeting them at Buckingham Palace, in my area of the town and I will spend the day with them. That is so cool. I really freaked out a couple of Milligan students when they saw me, one asked if I lived in London?
Kristen is coming on Sunday. I will be so glad. I really really miss her. But I do feel like I am making some good progress on the dissertation.
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