Tag: Roger Mayne

Three new works identified on Pauline Boty’s collaged wall

Pauline Boty’s collaged wall, Roger Mayne, 1964. © Roger Mayne Archive / Mary Evans Picture Library

Three new items have been identified in the ongoing project to name those chosen by Pauline Boty for the collaged wall she assembled at her flat in west London photographed by, among others, Roger Mayne in 1964. Item #28 is of Queen Victoria and Empress Eugénie, c. 1855, #77 Emperor Napoleon III and Empress Eugénie, c. 1850s and #136 Portrait of Doge Leonardo Loredan, Giovanni Bellini, c. 1501–1502.

Pauline Boty: collaged wall key for 1964 Roger Mayne photo, V4, April 2024

The Wikipedia entry for Eugénie de Montijo notes: “The empress strongly advocated equality for women, pressured the Ministry of National Education to give the first baccalaureate diploma to a woman and tried unsuccessfully to induce the Académie Française to elect the writer George Sand as its first female member” and “She was perhaps the last Royal personage to have a direct and immediate influence on fashion. She set the standard for contemporary fashion at a time when the luxury industries of Paris were flourishing. Eugénie’s influence on contemporary taste extended into the decorative arts.” Further information is available here: [link]

With thanks to Jasmine Allen of The Stained Glass Museum for identifying the first two detailed above and Rachel Godfrey the third.

“Portrait of Empress Eugénie in Court Dress”, after Franz Xaver Winterhalter, 1855–1870, Collection Château de Compiègne. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

All comments, corrections, clarifications and suggestions from visitors to the site about this project would be greatly appreciated, via the Contact page here: [link]
The updated page can be accessed here: [link]

New page on Pauline Boty’s collaged wall added to the site

Pauline Boty: collaged wall key for 1964 Roger Mayne photo, v2, March 2021

The collaged wall created by Pauline Boty and photographed by Roger Mayne in 1964 has now been added to the site together with the numbered key shown above identifying some 60 items so far.
As stated on the page, it is greatly hoped that this will provide a starting point for identifying the array of items chosen by Boty to adorn the wall, and that in time more of them will be identified and the list expanded further.
All comments, corrections, clarifications and suggestions from visitors to the site in this regard would be greatly appreciated, via the Contact form here: [link]
The new page can be accessed here: [link]