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National Trust Seaton Delaval Hall

A wonderful place for a family day out with the kids or on your own. Great place for photography opportunities. The interior and exterior of the hall have been lovingly restored and renovated. Definitely recommend visiting this manor house.

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Catherine Parr’s depictions-part 1: large portraits

Since I’ve been unexpectedly digging in Catherine Howard and Anne of Cleves’s portraits, I’ve decided that I might just as well do same with Catherine Parr.

The uncertainity lies mainly with her miniatures(which will be in part 3). But before we look at them, we must take closer look at portraits of hers, to establish her basic features. How her features truly looked and then look at the disputed portraits.

For this I will be using mainly larger scale portraits of her. They are either full-lenght or half-lenght portraits. By the way,since 5′10′’ was lenght of her coffin, it stands to reason that she was shorter than that.

What portraits won’t show you is that her hair was probably between strawberry blond and light red, as hair taken from her tomb suggest.

One lock(and some portraits) suggest it was darker(and more red) around roots and possibly lighter lower towards ends:

The platinum blond lock is definitely fake.

Queen Katherine Parr, copy done in 1908 by William George Tennick, Kendal Town Hall, UK: 

Link:https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/queen-katherine-parr-143164/view_as/grid/search/keyword:katherine-parr-959651/page/1

There are several versions of Catherine Parr’s portrait as widow. All of them copies. Imo all of them are mislabelled. Supposedly they are after Hans Holbein the Younger. Yet they Catherine Parr as widow to Henry VIII(hence in 1547/8). Holbein died in 1543!!!  So either wrong painter, or wrong dating or both! Imo, both. 

Because even from copies, you can tell that the style of some strongly suggest we are not looking at Holbein’s workshop but rather at work of Ambrosius Bensen.

Benson’s portrait lady Stafford is on left. Catherine Parr’ on right adn it is so grossly misdated it makes me wish to cry! 

Supposedly Parr is c.1547/1548, while Stafford is c.1535(imo it is at earliest late 1530s, not mid). No way these are 10+ years apart! Not a chance! These might not even be 2 years apart. But why do I think that? Fashion!

Width of chest, is something Benson tended to overexagerate.  The style of mourning headwear, also points towards 1530s, rather than than 1550s.

The style of folded undersleeves of Stafford is also style which would fit 1538-1543, imo closer to 1538. The most important detail here is the waist-line. It’s horizontal. It’s max early 1540s.  Benson was absent from home (presumably due to work) in between 1539-1543. Perhaps he was in England!

My conclusion? It cannot be Catherine Parr as widow to Henry VIII, but as widow to baron Latimer. And that gives us the most accurate dating you could ask for! Between 2nd March and 12 July 1543. (Between death of lord Latimer and wedding to Henry VIII.) Rarely we have dating this precise. 

Such dating could bring Holbein back as possible maker, but the style imo is not his workshop.

However the painting could be misidentified and not be Catherine Parr at all! Yes, it has features very alike Parr, but that could be the reason why this could then be misidentified as Parr. However this is french-styling of necklace, and suggest that sitter is french. I cannot disprove that possibility. Imo, we cannot be certain this is indeed Parr.

Catherine Parr, 17th century copy after Master John(imo after Scrots), National Trust Collection, , Seaton Delaval Hall, UK:

Tbh for copy it is very well done. I have actually thought it was original. NTC calls it the Seaton Delaval portrait(because it is there now), but some webpages refer to it as Hastings portrait or Melton Constable(Hall), probably refering to painting’s past location and owners.

This copy shows vividly red hair(which might have not been on original) and curled up(shortlived fashion). Eyes seem grey or hazel to me, but the discoloured varnish may be playing tricks on us.

Link: https://www.nationaltrustcollections.org.uk/object/1276906

Catherine Parr, the Jersey Portrait(Private Collection?):

I tried to find more information about it, but these two webpages were basically only sources of information-and I cannot confirm accuracy of either:

 https://tudorqueen6.com/2012/12/12/queen-katherine-parr-the-jersey-portrait/

https://ladyjanegreyrevisited.com/2019/04/01/the-stowe-house-portraits/

 Basically it is in private collection, was concluded to be Catherine Parr and it is 16th century work(but that can still mean it is a copy). Unfortunately these are  the best quality pictures in colour that we have:

This one is probably the best:

And to me this one certainly strikes closer to golden strawbery blond than to red, but it can be due to poor quality of picture and due to discoloration of varnish.

Seaton Delaval and Jersey portrait are almost exactly the same, except colour of overgown and cuffs being in blackwork in Jersey portrait. Even the pillar behind them is in exact same spot. It’s possible they were not ment to be two separate portraits, but rather that one is copy of the other. But not necessarly. Sometimes royals had multiple very similiar portraits made.

Catherine Parr by unknown artist, late 16th century, National Portrait Gallery:

Link:

https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw01147/Katherine-Parr?LinkID=mp00803&search=sas&sText=parr&OConly=true&role=sit&rNo=1

In closeup her eyes look grey, possibly hazel(grey-brown) and her hair look red, or reddish brown.

I found some webpages refering to this painting as original done in her lifetime atributed to Scrot. But National portrait Gallery which owns it clearly disagrees. It could be done after original by Scrot, but they don’t even mention that on their webpage. Though tbh I think their webpage could do with some improvements.

National Trust Collection( Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire, UK to be exact) has another version of this portrait, 18th century copy. Link:

https://www.nationaltrustcollections.org.uk/object/515505

It’s too dark to have conclusive say about eye and hair colour.

The differences with previous version are negligeable-mainly the collar is different and the parlet is in blackwork’with different pattern and its edge is firmer, but today I am not trying to do lineup of Catherine Parr’s portraits. (Unless you’d want me to.)

Catherine Parr by Master John(it is an original!), National Portrait Gallery, UK:

Link:https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw01957/Katherine-Parr?LinkID=mp07168&role=art&rNo=1

The webpage includes videos about its restoration-where they refer to incredible Azurite pigment used for the background. They are talking about real ultramarine(just different name for it).  That alone be expensive as hell, especially given this is full-lenght portrait. But there is also gold-leaf, silver-leaf, fluorite, lots of very expensive materials were used to make it. And the materials alone are enough to conclude sitter is royalty and certainly had more than 9 days to be painted.

Link to conservation findings it:   https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portraitConservation/mw01957/Katherine-Parr

If we look at closeup in colour-sitter had very fair skin, the eyes are grey, the hair seems as light golden brown, but strawberry blond or light red hair can create such ilusion:

Nose appears to be flat and oddly shaped. Normally I’d say that is due to pigment instability. However I have dived deep into conservation findings upon the painting and now I am not certain about the cause, but it is an issue.

NPG notes  that ‘the underdrawing is extensive and complex to decipher. The style of the drawing is free and sketchy, only very loosely delineating some of the form and structure of the figure, such as the sleeves. This type of underdrawing, is in direct contrast to the underdrawing found in Mary I (also attributed to Master John) where the key elements of the composition are carefully transferred through a pounced technique.’

Master John didn’t take such care with underdrawing of Parr’s portrait, as he did with Mary’s. Perhaps Mary wanted to sit for it just once or had better idea how she wanted to be portrayed. Parr’s portrait vs underdrawing shows that final design was improved upon. It was changed a lot. They know this due to x-ray and infra-red analysis(bellow):

Most important changes to the face include:

- the eyes moved slightly to the right,  - hairline has be re-positioned and was originally slightly lower - nostril has been re-positioned

These changes are big problem, because this is the only original painting of Parr and we cannot trust these features 100%. 

However fear not! Under infra-red light(in middle bellow), it is obvious the face looked very alike to majority of the paintings:

And it is not that different under normal light as well. 

Bigger closeup so you can see it properly. This is Catherine Parr’s face:

It is. But before  I dive deep into what shape of nose she actually had I want to show you how easy would it be for me to say it might not be her (Mary I on right by same artist): 

Spoiler alert-it’s not Mary, they just looked more alike then you’d think.

The identification of sitter as royal is no doubt correct. The materials and jewelry certainly are conclusive on that. But assuming that jewel worn by Catherine Howard was then part of collection of Queen’s jewels worn solely by Queens, is very wrong! There are portraits of Mary and Elizabeth in jewelry worn by Queens. Hence Mary should have been included as possible sitter and I am susprised it is not mentioned anywhere that at some point they excluded her.

HOWEVER, some painters had tendency to paint anybody in such similiar way, you cannot tell them appart that well. That could have been case with master John. Both women had similiar colouring and perhaps more similiar features than you’d think, but they didn’t have same height. 

Catherine Parr was not 5′10′’-that was lenght of her coffin! She’d be much smaller, but she wasn’t short for sure(she was probably higher average), unlike Mary who was notably short! If you compare not just face-but lenght of torso and overall shape of figure, you’re realise it it is not same woman.

However if you compared just infra-red photo of face of Parr, you could easily come to wrong conclusion. I had initial bout of panic, seeing the very similiar face! Then I did my due diligence.

Catherine Parr’s portrait is photographed bit under an angle(I couldn’t find close up which wouldn’t be), however this is properly scaled down to aproximately same size of torso. Even though if you might scream that no-lady in silver dress obviously has longer torso, and I should have scaled it differently.

What you’re not taking into account is different shape of stays. I could elaborate, but long story short check where girdles disappear to the back(front changed, backside didn’t), andn where armits are. Aproximately at same level. Just women with different height, figure and shape of stays.

So imo, it’s Parr. The identification is correct. However, there might have been much bigger similiarities in facial features of Mary and Parr, and we have to take that into account in the future. It will make identifying some portraits more difficult.

Another difficulty is that we can’t tell the exact shape of nose from neither form of painting. 

I have attempted do a ‘nosejob’ upon the infra red photo, using app similiar to photoshop and retouching tool. But I never quite got it correct, so I am nof going to show you even. I thought she was looking more to front, but then there was never enough space for alla on right side, so the nose was more to side and towards left from our POV, just like Mary’s was. It’s exact  shape remains mystery to me.

Problem is the underdrawing truly is complex:

I give up. I don’t know what her nose was like. Although if you ask me, then the other painting NPG has of Parr, is imo the closest match in all features:

So perhaps that shape of nose is also very similiar to Parr’s real features. However, it might just be the case that this particular feature(nose) the artist screwed up.

Sadly, the marble effigy of Parr(the sculpture on her tomb) is not original and we cannot use it to decide this matter.

I don’t think we will be ever able to get 100% conclusive idea about the true shape of her the nose. Which is disapointing, however I believe that the nose was at least level if not pointed slightly upward. The undersketch of this original painting supports my theory. Even though due to flatness issue the nose under normal light seems to be against that(misleading us).

It’s never prominently low hanging nosetip with Parr in all copies of her portraits either(those that public agree upon). Except in one! 

I have for long suspected one painting to not be Parr, firstly solely due to hair colour. But after I found out her hair could have been strawberry blond, I let it go, telling myself the painter simply did mistake. It happens all the time! Especially in copies which this painting is. 

So I dismissed it. I can’t do that anymore. I cannot unsee it now. As always, be polite in the comments or reblogging, even if you disagree with me. And yeah, I can see the text labelling it as Catherine, Queen of Henry VIII. But it might NOT be original! Most labels aren’t! They are later add-ons. Don’t trust them-period! Or it could have been misidentified before the copy was made even!

Painting of the English school after a lost portrait by Hans Eworth from c.1548:

Here is why I can’t let this be. The issue is these particular shape of brows and this shape of nose are nearly exact match for features of Anne of Cleves:

Read my previous posts, to see why I believe Toledo portrait is her.

Just the brows are bit higher that they are supposed to be.

Since Anne’s eyes were hazel(brown-grey)-based upon portraits and her hair golden(strawberry blond) according to period reports(it just darkened in Holbein’s portraits), I have to conclude-it is could Anne of Cleves instead.

Imo it is. The features are truly great match to Anne.

(They are fairly good match to Parr too. As I say, Henry had a type!)

This is for me bitter pillow to swallow. Not only because I used it in my lady Jane Grey vs Catherine Parr’s post but because it brings to question the assumption that that pearl necklace is unique part of jewels of Queens of England. 

Such necklace would not be worn solely by Queen of England. I was wrong to assume otherwise and I admit that now. 

Now how do I fix my mistake? I have to redo the post with lady Jane Grey and gather all portraits with pearl necklaces of this style and compare them against Catherine Parr, Anne of Cleves, Mary I and Elizabeth I.

Because on one hand, yeah Anne of Cleves wearing it could suggest  that perhaps such necklace was more popular than we thought and some noblewomen could have it.

On other hand it could suggest that royal women at the time had such necklaces, and perhaps they were unique to members of royalty only.

 After all Anne had royal status(King’s sister). Hence comparing to 4 royals.

That will be part 2 (nope, decided on separate posts) and I am not looking foward to it, because some of Parr’s depictions shows small rounded nostrils, others prolonged ones. For that reason alone it will be difficult. 

I hope you’ve enjoyed it.

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|5 Places I Can't Wait To Visit Once Lockdown Ends|

|5 Places I Can’t Wait To Visit Once Lockdown Ends|

With the official stay at home rule no longer being enforce in the UK from 29th March and travel outside your local area is allowed, I simply can’t wait to get back out there and exploring some new and old places within the North East. I just can’t wait for the days ahead and getting back to planning weekend/days off work outfits, picnics in the car/outside area and taking lots of photos.…

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The Curtain Rises Project

I have created this blog as a means to gather my thoughts on how I will tackle the brief.

As part of this project, I will be creating short looping animations for the National trust based on the history of Seaton Delaval Hall. 

As the era is the Georgian period, I will start by collecting source material on the art and culture of the time to get a feel for the theme and style of my animation.

I then plan to collect primary source material from the site itself to get a stronger idea of the environment I will be depicting. 

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Seaton Delaval Hall [2]

Seaton Delaval Hall [2]

My entry for Thursday Doors I found this history of the hall on the National Trust website The history of Seaton Delaval Hall and some of its notable residents spans a thousand years. The house occupies the site of a Norman settlement, and its original Norman chapel remains in use today. From the Wealthy Admiral George Delaval to a tragic fire, there’s much to read about this place. Norman…

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Local National Trust - What Do They Have

Gibside - Has play area called Strawberry Castle Fort, Gibside Garden, very wooden

Wallington - Dragon head sculptures

Cragside - very open, lots of trees

Seaton delaval Hall - statues, large open space

When looking at this from my childhood perspective, Gibside and Wallington called out to me the most. Gibside had a massive play area, and sections where you can build you own dens etc. Wallington, had dragon head sculptures, a well where you didn’t know what was at the bottom etc. 

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Make your own mischief inspired by National Trust Seaton Delaval Hall

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New brief pitch (13/11/19)

Brief:

·         Guide Line:

We will be creating new content while maintaining the brand identity that has already been established. By this we mean to expand on the assets while keeping the spirt and feel of their original brand and identity.

·         Product:

4 Animations

Produce three 30 second animated loops based on chosen video with one animated sting, for the National Trust Seaton Delaval Hall to use in the café.

Make sound/music to accompany the videos, giving the option to be used online, but can be muted if necessary.

 Questions for the project:

·         How/where it shall be displayed

·         Dimensions of the screen

·         Run time of each animation

·         How may display screens, ie 3 screens for 3 animations or 1 screen for 3 animations or 1 screen for 1 animation

·         How long will the run time be

·         What allowances we have regarding the creation of assets

·         Brand guide lines

·         Do they want/have a concept or narrative that they want, in regards to referencing the café, ie showing coffee cups etc

·         What is the aim and goal of the work

·         Will it be for the physical site of the café or will it also be used for online media

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National Churches Trust Church of Our Lady in Seaton Delaval

Nestled in National Trust Seaton Delaval Hall.

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Pitch to National Trust. “Damned from Birth’, as Laurence Whistler wrote. ‘For with all the good fortune that had come the Captain’s way there also came a curse: as long as the estate of Ford was united with that of Seaton Delaval, no male of the family would die in his bed.’ The curse came true. Seven of Captain Delaval’s eight sons, and one legitimate grandson, died unnatural deaths; the exception was the scholarly Edward, who survived the subsequent separation of the two estates and died peacefully in bed at the age of 85. The first victim of the family curse was poor Captain Delaval himself.” A miniature baroque theatre with turning stage and Baroque/Rococco backdrops and moving sets, which tells the story of the curse of the Delavals. Five seconds for each (George, Captain Francis, Lord Francis, and John Delaval). Backdrop to be a photograph of Seaton Delaval Hall made to look like Gainsborough/Hogarth/Lorraine.  Could adapt any paintings of each person from the collection/ or create them in correlation with Lady Rhoda Delaval Astley’s style.  Each death is told in neoclassical Shakespearean tragic/comic manner, in keeping with the production of Othello performed by the Delavals at the Drury Lane Theatre in 1751.

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Francis Blake Delaval, The Prankster

Francis Blake Delaval, The Prankster

On August 6th, 1724 at St Ann’s Soho, Captain Francis Blake Delaval of Seaton Delaval Hall, near Newcastle Upon Tyne, married Rhoda Apreece, the heiress of Doddington Hall, which is somewhere we have previously written about.

Rhoda Apreece (d.1759), Mrs Francis Blake Delaval by John Vanderbank; National Trust, Seaton Delaval

The couple had eleven children and today we’re going to take a look at…

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|January Round Up|

Happy Monday, and hello February 

January for me like most people has been longggg. I’m so pleased it’s finally over!. Whilst I didn’t really get out on weekends and adventure much I did visit a few places and thought I would share a few photos from each.

First up: Seaburn and Roker beach

We don’t live far from here and it’s very accessible via public transport. This was out New Year’s day walk…

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Royal Wedding SNUB: George and Charlotte set to MISS Lady Gabriella’s wedding - Express

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Royal Wedding SNUB: George and Charlotte set to MISS Lady Gabriella’s wedding - Express

Lady Gabriella Windsor will marry her long-term boyfriend Thomas Kingston at St George’s Chapel, the same Windsor venue where Meghan Markle and Princess Eugenie married their husbands last year. The royal couple are expected to hold an intimate wedding ceremony, with only family and close friends to attend.

However, Prince George and Princess Charlotte are not expected to attend the ceremony – along with their parents, Prince William and Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge.

Meghan Markle, Prince Harry, the Queen, Prince Charles and Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall are also expected miss the event because it is a relatively “low profile” occasion.

Royal expert Richard Fitzwilliams told Express.co.uk: “Senior members of the royal family were absent from the marriage of her brother Lord Frederick Windsor to the actress Sophie Winkelman in 2009.

“There will be speculation as to which senior royals will attend this.

“It’s a relatively low profile occasion as royal weddings go but given the insatiable appetite for royal news, there was more buzz around Eugenie’s wedding than expected, there will undoubtedly be interest in it.”

Announcing Lady Gabriella’s wedding, Buckingham Palace said in September: “Prince and Princess Michael of Kent are delighted to announce the engagement of their daughter Lady Gabriella Windsor to Mr Thomas Kingston.

Lady Gabriella, 37, is 50th-in-line to the throne and is Prince Michael of Kent’s daughter – the Queen’s first cousin.

Members of the Royal Family notably skipped her older brother’s wedding in 2009.

Lord Frederik – who is 48th-in-line to the throne – married actress Sophie Winkleman in a private ceremony with only close friends and family present.

However, the Queen snubbed the event and instead attended the 250th anniversary of the Queen’s Royal Lancers, a cavalry regiment of the British Army.

Charles and Camilla also had an official engagement on the day as they visited Seaton Delaval Hall, a stately home owned by the National Trust.

William and Harry also did not attend the ceremony, citing prior commitments.

A senior aide at Clarence House previously told Express.co.uk: “All four were invited but none of them is able to attend.

“They have, however, clubbed together to buy the couple a joint present.”

Prince Andrew, Sarah Ferguson, Prince Edward and his wife Sophie, Princess Anne and Peter and Zara Phillips were all not in attendance.

Lady Gabriella’s wedding will take place in the Spring of 2019, but no official date has been set yet.

Lady Gabriella is not a working royal, but sometimes attends larger royal events such as the Trooping the Colour parade. 

In August last year, Thomas Kingston proposed to Lady Gabriella on the Isle of Sark, a small island in the English Channel, off the coast of Normandy.

The couple will not televise their wedding nor invite members of the public to watch the ceremony, and there will likely be be no reception inside Windsor Castle.

They will also not carry out a carriage procession ride following their ceremony.

Source: https://www.express.co.uk/news/royal/1082738/royal-wedding-lady-gabriella-windsor-prince-george-princess-charlotte