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[โ€“] [email protected] 16 points 1 week ago (1 children)

i'm no expert but i remember reading somewhere that queen victoria demanded honesty/accuracy in her portraits in later years, which really, sets her portraits apart from the "prettified" ones

https://artuk.org/discover/stories/the-most-painted-royal-in-history-queen-victoria-in-portraits

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Thanks for sharing. It was quite cool to see the transition.