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<p>[QUOTE="Marote, post: 11527765, member: 84568"]When you click on the 3rd portrait on the Wiki page, </p><p>[ATTACH=full]544416[/ATTACH]</p><p>you're redirected to <a href="https://thelondonliferpg.com/wiki/index.php/File:Emma_miniature.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://thelondonliferpg.com/wiki/index.php/File:Emma_miniature.jpg" rel="nofollow">https://thelondonliferpg.com/wiki/index.php/File:Emma_miniature.jpg</a>, where it says that the miniature is called 'Portrait of a Lady', painted by George Engleheart in 1801. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/confused.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":confused:" unselectable="on" /></p><p>And George also painted Miss Barclay .... The long lost twin sister?</p><p>[ATTACH=full]544415[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>And while the young lady in the Engleheart painting is supposed to be (the 18 year old) Emma in 1808, 2 years later, she looked like this according to Wiki...</p><p>[ATTACH=full]544407[/ATTACH] </p><p>She changed quite a bit in 2 years...</p><p>And this portrait would have been made in 1810. One year after her fiancé 'was thrown from his horse and killed a month before the wedding was due to take place.'.</p><p>'Emma went into mourning, as appropriate for a bereaved fiancée, and spent the Season of 1810 in the country.' Was it also appropriate for a bereaved fiancée to have someone painting a portrait of you, and to pose with a smile?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Marote, post: 11527765, member: 84568"]When you click on the 3rd portrait on the Wiki page, [ATTACH=full]544416[/ATTACH] you're redirected to [URL]https://thelondonliferpg.com/wiki/index.php/File:Emma_miniature.jpg[/URL], where it says that the miniature is called 'Portrait of a Lady', painted by George Engleheart in 1801. :confused: And George also painted Miss Barclay .... The long lost twin sister? [ATTACH=full]544415[/ATTACH] And while the young lady in the Engleheart painting is supposed to be (the 18 year old) Emma in 1808, 2 years later, she looked like this according to Wiki... [ATTACH=full]544407[/ATTACH] She changed quite a bit in 2 years... And this portrait would have been made in 1810. One year after her fiancé 'was thrown from his horse and killed a month before the wedding was due to take place.'. 'Emma went into mourning, as appropriate for a bereaved fiancée, and spent the Season of 1810 in the country.' Was it also appropriate for a bereaved fiancée to have someone painting a portrait of you, and to pose with a smile?[/QUOTE]
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