<< <i>If Prince Charles outlives his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, long enough to be crowned King of England, in which direction will his portrait face on British coins? >>
Left. The tradition of the reversal of the portrait of the succesive British Monarchs was mentioned earlier in the thread.
I find it interesting that on one photo (the one used for the plaque), Lincoln's hair is parted on his right. Yet on the others it is parted on his left.
Since people don't normally change the way they part their hair, it makes me wonder if one of the pictures is a mirror image.
Fascinating thread - I had never really thought about this.
“In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock." - Thomas Jefferson
A plaster copy ( exact size ) of Lincoln's hand is in the Smithsonian U.S. History Museum. Maybe it was done after he died. And it's a BIG hand, too!!!
<< <i>I find it interesting that on one photo (the one used for the plaque), Lincoln's hair is parted on his right. Yet on the others it is parted on his left.
Since people don't normally change the way they part their hair, it makes me wonder if one of the pictures is a mirror image. >>
Sme forms of early photography actually create an image which when viewed are a mirror image of reality. A good example of this is the famous picture of Billy the Kid. It was used for a long time as evidence that he was left handed because of where his handgun was. But recently it was noticed that the loading port on the Winchester rifle in the picture was on the wrong side. When they went back to the original source image it was realized that it was a mirror image type. Billy was right handed after all.
Hey clackamas......thought you might find this link interesting. I always thought the "hooves in the air" statue thing was true too. http://www.snopes.com/military/statue.htm
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<< <i>If Prince Charles outlives his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, long enough to be crowned King of England, in which direction will his portrait face on British coins? >>
Left. The tradition of the reversal of the portrait of the succesive British Monarchs was mentioned earlier in the thread.
Since people don't normally change the way they part their hair, it makes me wonder if one of the pictures is a mirror image.
Fascinating thread - I had never really thought about this.
“In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock." - Thomas Jefferson
My digital cameo album 1950-64 Cameos - take a look!
<< <i>The designs on coins are a picture of a picture of a person. >>
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<< <i>The designs on coins are a picture of a picture of a person. >>
How bored does one have to be to reply to a thread over three years old? >>
Flamino -- you bore me.
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He wasn't an extraterrestial.
He was just tall.
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<< <i>I find it interesting that on one photo (the one used for the plaque), Lincoln's hair is parted on his right. Yet on the others it is parted on his left.
Since people don't normally change the way they part their hair, it makes me wonder if one of the pictures is a mirror image. >>
Sme forms of early photography actually create an image which when viewed are a mirror image of reality. A good example of this is the famous picture of Billy the Kid. It was used for a long time as evidence that he was left handed because of where his handgun was. But recently it was noticed that the loading port on the Winchester rifle in the picture was on the wrong side. When they went back to the original source image it was realized that it was a mirror image type. Billy was right handed after all.