Queen Victoria's Pictures.

Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 215, 13 August 1887, Page 3

Queen Victoria's Pictures.

Noni: of the published pictures of Queen Victoria give ft correct idea of her— aho is so much shorter than her photographs represent her. The pictures are productions of a photographic trick. In all full-length photographic portraits of the Queen sho is po.-ed landing on a raised platform. The train of her die-.s is then brought aiound in front so as to conceal the &tcp on which she is standing, and by this means t>ho is made to appear fully tour inches taller than .she is. She docs not look to be much over ii\e feet two inches in height. The effect of even thL> height is lessened \>y her' stoutness She rigidly adheres to black cashmero drc-ses and plain clotli capes, except upon state occasions. It is said that she wears these soft clothes on account of her stoutness. Although she i«j so stout, .she does not look at all apoplectic. Her Uebh looks as hard as iron. She is very full under the eyes. She has the " pop eyes," of a voluble talker. This fulness under the eyes is criss-crossed uith wi inkles. Her eyes are very large. On each side of her nose are two marked lines. There is not a wrinkle in her forehoid, and only a iaint lino at the coiner of each of her eyo.o. Her face shows no sign of care, annoyance or anxiety. It te a very cold face, and has but little expression when &ho smiles. Her smile is mechanical, and is generally accompanied by a little nodding of the head. — London coricopondcut of the " New York World."