Where are they now?
I love these painting of famous historical figures as they might look if alive today. Here’s one (there are four others at the link):
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I love these painting of famous historical figures as they might look if alive today. Here’s one (there are four others at the link):
The guy on the right vaguely reminds me of Mark Steyn.
Richard Thompson!
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Liz I looks like Meryl Streep.
I so like the version of Elizabeth in a power suit and silk scarf lining the neck. (That’s how I always used to wear my business drag – saves wear and tear on the collar-line). Chic, businesslike, modest but excellent jewelry, and take-no-prisoners expression.
It would be fun to see more of these people, given the modernizing treatment – giving a jolt to people’s perceptions of historical figures.
You get a totally different take on these figures…it’d be interesting to reverse this and superimpose present day celebrity/politician faces into historical and period portraits as well. Maybe not as inerseting, though.
Sorry, “interesting”