tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8163423095612471504.post8352132021395334200..comments2024-01-08T19:55:32.324-05:00Comments on Forgotten Bookmarks: The Most Beautiful Woman In Great BritainMichael Popekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06083697912791290450noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8163423095612471504.post-90114612932690510292013-01-31T16:12:31.598-05:002013-01-31T16:12:31.598-05:00Guessing it's this lady:
http://www.npg.org.u...Guessing it's this lady:<br /><br />http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp52736/hermione-wilhelmina-fitzgerald-nee-duncombe-duchess-of-leinster<br /><br />who was this guys wife:<br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_FitzGerald,_5th_Duke_of_Leinster<br /><br />Since she died of tuberculosis at 30 in 1895.<br /><br />Also, photography didn't exist yet in 1814 ;-)Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15901294780373672631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8163423095612471504.post-29241607114204451822013-01-31T15:43:45.579-05:002013-01-31T15:43:45.579-05:00I enjoy that -- depending on how you parse it -- t...I enjoy that -- depending on how you parse it -- the text can be read as, "She was the most beautiful woman in Great Britain, and she died Tuesday," as was probably intended, or, "Of the women who died Tuesday, she was the most beautiful in Great Britain."Auntie Maimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13770188179151458816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8163423095612471504.post-35673785699149626582013-01-31T13:51:24.482-05:002013-01-31T13:51:24.482-05:00I'm not 100% sure, but the paper stock is quit...I'm not 100% sure, but the paper stock is quite old. If it is this Duchess (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily_FitzGerald,_Duchess_of_Leinster) then it would be from 1814Michael Popekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06083697912791290450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8163423095612471504.post-85112856496753887782013-01-31T13:33:36.291-05:002013-01-31T13:33:36.291-05:00What a great find. Do you know the date of the ne...What a great find. Do you know the date of the newspaper clipping?Lisa Jeffers Fultonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00008852323273792190noreply@blogger.com