Queens and tsarinas glammed up and glitzed by master of the art Franz Xaver Winterhalter (1805-1873). Not to say that they weren’t royal from head to toe but he could up anyone’s imperial level to the max.

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Queen Victoria. 1859.
Queen Victoria. 1859. Oil on canvas. Royal Collection. In the public domain in the United States because the artist died over 70 years ago. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Queen_Victoria_-_Winterhalter_1859.jpg
Empress Maria Alexandrovna, wife of Tsar Alexander II. 1857.
Empress Maria Alexandrovna, wife of Tsar Alexander II. 1857. In the public domain in the United States because the artist has been dead over 70 years. via http://godsandfoolishgrandeur.blogspot.com/search/label/Empress%20Maria%20Alexandrovna
"The Empress Eugenie Surrounded by her Ladies in Waiting." 1855.
“The Empress Eugenie Surrounded by her Ladies in Waiting.” 1855. Collection of the Musée du Second Empire, Compiègne. In the public domain in the United States because the artist has been dead over 70 years. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Winterhalter_Franz_Xavier_The_Empress_Eugenie_Surrounded_by_her_Ladies_in_Waiting.jpg
"Queen Isabella II of Spain and her daughter Isabella." 1852.
“Queen Isabella II of Spain and her daughter Isabella.” 1852. Collection of the Royal Palace, Madrid. In the public domain in the United States because the artist has been dead over 70 years. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Queen_Isabella_II_of_Spain_by_Franz_Xaver_Winterhalter,_1852.jpg

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On a voyage to see how much mileage I can get from the creative ability and eye for images that my family thought was useless. On line art curator, fiction writer and now blogger. Historian's daughter. Follow me . . .even I have no idea where I'm going next.

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