#London Portrait

[miamaimania]

"Self-Portrait in Blue" by Nan Goldin, 1980.

[disease]

"SADE (LONDON)" ALBERT WATSON // 1992 [archival pigment print | 142 × 107 cm.]

[7pleiades7]

Judith, (detail), (ca.1678) by Eglon Hendrik van der Neer (1634–1703), oil on oak, 32 × 24.6 cm, The National Gallery, London

[elixir]

"You And I Are Earth”, 1661, Creator unknown. Found in a London sewer. Tin-glazed earthenware plate, Collection of the Museum of London.

[thecornercoffeeshop]

The Wallace Collection, London 📍

[keyhasarrived]

What is it about starlight express that makes me suddenly want to actively create for fandom.

[semioticapocalypse]

Bill Brandt. Francis Bacon on Primrose Hill, London. 1963

I Am Collective Memories   •    Follow me, — says Visual Ratatosk

[szilverer]

big fan of this guy already

[astheykissconsume]

carry on now

[mistysblueboxstuff]

words of power

more Sam, sorry xD

[thedeafprophet]

Alexander and Peninnah Hastings circa 1899

[most certainly not the first 1899]

[disease]

LANA DEL REY [LONDON, 2012] PHOTOGRAPHED by BRYAN ADAMS [archival pigment print | 140 x 100 cm.]

[389]

Raymond Lemstra New drawing for Unit London

[royalty-nobility]

Conversation Piece at the Royal Lodge, Windsor

Artist: Sir James Gunn (Scottish, 1893-1964)

Date: c. 1950

Medium: Oil on canvas

Collection: National Portrait Gallery, United Kingdom

Description

The portrait shows King George VI, Queen Elizabeth, Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II), and her sister Princess Margaret. Throughout the Second World War, the Royal Family remained in London, and when Buckingham Palace received a direct hit the queen said, ‘now we can look the East End in the face’. Determination to share in the fate of the nation increased the monarchy’s popularity. In this post-war portrait, the informality of the presentation, for which the Queen was responsible, was entirely new. The setting is Royal Lodge, where the family’s life was informal. They are shown together at tea-time, a recognisable and very British occasion. Gunn, who had been chosen by the King and Queen for the commission, recalled the difficulty of placing the corgi, moving it about on the canvas in a paper cut-out. Commissioned to hang in a public collection, the work’s domestic character demonstrates changes in perceptions of the monarchy.

[hallasimss]

give me chance anọchikwena ụzọ i kwụchikwee m ụzọ, na aga m ajamụkwa gị, kpowaị!

[pangeen]

" Golden Light " //© Felix Belloin