tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937414969460147900.post1500508207809133541..comments2024-03-06T07:06:38.928-08:00Comments on JSBlog - Journal of a Southern Bookreader: Immortal Longings - launchRay Girvanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05556764642402680159noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937414969460147900.post-57942121898747135822009-09-26T15:10:10.454-07:002009-09-26T15:10:10.454-07:00Quite apart from anything else, I love the visual ...Quite apart from anything else, I love the visual qualities of that portrait...Felixnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937414969460147900.post-53721528960322484232009-09-26T16:36:25.227-07:002009-09-26T16:36:25.227-07:00Yep: check out the NPG portfolio. She was an absol...Yep: check out the <a href="http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person.php?LinkID=mp07354&role=art" rel="nofollow">NPG portfolio</a>. She was an absolutely brilliant portrait photographer.Ray Girvanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05556764642402680159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937414969460147900.post-72862570049041000922009-09-27T00:16:52.192-07:002009-09-27T00:16:52.192-07:00Thanks for that link – greatly enjoyed, and bookma...Thanks for that link – greatly enjoyed, and bookmarked.<br><br>Even so ... the one you showed of Frederick stands out, and there's not another one in the collection that to the same degree shows the plasticity and galbe which that one does – making me want to touch and stroke the surfaces within it.Felixnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937414969460147900.post-71491800562232633102009-09-27T07:39:24.400-07:002009-09-27T07:39:24.400-07:00Entirely unrelated observation: it just struck me ...Entirely unrelated observation: it just struck me what good casting (appearance-wise, at least) <a href="http://img.thesun.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00402/alan_davies_402945a.jpg" rel="nofollow">Alan Davies</a> would be for <a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1d/Joseph_Chamberlain_in_colour.jpg" rel="nofollow">Joseph Chamberlain</a>.Ray Girvanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05556764642402680159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937414969460147900.post-25340003400222599092009-09-27T14:16:09.354-07:002009-09-27T14:16:09.354-07:00Good lord...Good lord...Felixnoreply@blogger.com