There's nothing denoting how many years passed between the painting and the photograph, if any.
We Compared Paintings and Photos of Legendary Women From the 19th Century, and Now We Know All About Victorian-Era Photoshop
When we scroll through our social media feeds, we see hundreds of photos processed with photo editors. However, people tried to make their pictures look better in the past too. Though back then, retouching was done by portrait painters. So, we decided to compare paintings and photographs depicting legendary women of the 19th century.
Caroline Augusta of Bavaria, Empress of Austria
Marietta Alboni, Italian opera singer
Victoria of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Empress of Germany
Louisa of the Netherlands, the wife of Charles XV of Sweden, Queen of Sweden
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The eyes are not right, but the face shape and nose are great.
Carolina Coronado, Spanish writer
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Apart from maybe an eyebrow tidy....not much looks to of been done here....this is not a vain woman, this lady is happy with people seeing her true self likeness, to right good on her as for an obviously middle aged woman she's actually very homely looking
Teresa Cristina of the Two Sicilies, Empress of Brazil
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The nose.... 😬although whhyy🤷🏻♀️ as her original was much prettier...a small pixie nose whereas in the painting they've made her look like a bloomin vulture 😬🤦🏻♀️.... Ladies annddd again ...always smile, just doing this changes how you look expediently 😊
Amalia of Oldenburg, Queen of Greece.
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Her picture is adorable ❤️
Maria of Nassau, mother of the first Queen Elisabeth of Romania
Marie of Prussia, Queen of Bavaria
Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll
Mary Adelaide of Cambridge, the granddaughter of George III
Princess Marie Isabelle of Orléans, Infanta of Spain
Isabella II, Queen of Spain
Louise Rasmussen, the Danish ballet dancer and wife of King Frederick VII of Denmark
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That's pretty good.
Maria Van Zandt, American opera singer
Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies, the queen consort and wife of King Ferdinand VII of Spain
Princess Adelheid of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, the niece of Queen Victoria
Elisabeth of Bavaria (Sissi), Empress of Austria
Comments
Other than them being black n white v color, I don't see the differences between these pictures. None of it looks like it was touched up. Nice pictures tho
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