I have just a few Fashion Plates that actually depict Marie Antoinette and her husband King Louis XVI. 4 in total that I will be showing on this post. Naturally, I enjoy tinkering with images so here is a fun piece of digital art I created using one of the actual Marie images. Marie with her Mystery Lover? There has been much speculation through the years as to Marie Antoinette and her supposed lovers. Many of the rumors were just that, rumors used as propaganda against Marie Antoinette for political reasons. Unfortunately for Marie her desire to get out and have a little fun only spurred on the rumor mongers and was one of the things that lead to the French Revolution. For my art piece I've got a mystery man off to the side of my altered Marie image. So it is up to you to decide if the man is her lover, friend, husband or royal escort. The 4 Royal Fashion Plates These are from around 1780 Marie Antoinette - from "Collection d'habillements Modernes et Galants" Marie Antoinette from "Galerie des Modes" King Louis XVI - "The Just and Beneficent Monarch" from "Collection d'habillements Modernes et Galants" King Louis XVI - from "Galerie des Modes" ***** A Rainbow of Maires For my digital artpiece I used the first Marie fashion plate image and turned her into a png; then as is my passion, I started changing her colors. I used an "aqua blue" version of her for my framed creation. This is what the original image looked like once the background was removed. Marie Antoinette: EKDuncan altered version - Aqua Blue This "Aqua Blue" is the version I used for my artpiece. Marie Antoinette: EKDuncan altered version -Spring Green Marie Antoinette: EKDuncan altered version -Blueberry Marie Antoinette: EKDuncan altered version -Plum Marie Antoinette: EKDuncan altered version -Mint Marie Antoinette: EKDuncan altered version -Purple Marie Antoinette: EKDuncan altered version -Buttercup Marie Antoinette: EKDuncan altered version -Silver Marie Antoinette: EKDuncan altered version -Raspberry I just love to alter colors in Photoshop, it's so much fun!!! Now for her Mystery Man... This is the original image I started with for the Mystery Man in my digital artpiece. Yup! - I made him into a png and created a variety of gents too; because every well dressed woman needs to accessorize accordingly. the original gent now as a png image Late 1700's Gentleman - Blue Sapphire This "blue" version was used in my digital art Late 1700's Gentleman - Emerald Green Late 1700's Gentleman - Brown Late 1700's Gentleman - Olive Late 1700's Gentleman -Navy Late 1700's Gentleman -Black Late 1700's Gentleman -Maroon The Frame Here is a true EKDuncan original. This is a digitally created composite frame. Digitally created composite frame I collect vintage frames and the old metal ones are my favorite. Some of them are not very impressive on their own; however with a bit of Photoshop magic I was able to create this fancy scroll frame using bits and pieces of several from my collection. The Narrow outside edge on the above is the actual frame I started with. I doubled it to created a smaller inside edge for a bit more flash. This left me with a nice frame but I took it one step further and added the "scroll" pattern inside; which is actually the side edge from another of my vintage frames. The Background The background is actually a Regency piece from the publication Ackermann's Repository. It is the grand staircase from Carlton House in London which was built in the early 1780's so it is from the correct time period as Marie Antoinette's Dress. This is the original image I started with to created my "Marie" background You can see this and other "Interior" Ackermann images HERE There are also months of postings on Regency Era images from Ackermann's Repository including Fashion Plates. See my Posts from July 2011 - January 2012 to see them all. ****** The Finished Digital Artpiece Here one more time is my EKDuncan digital artpiece; Showing Marie in "aqua blue", her gent in "blue sapphire", my created scroll frame and the Regency era background of the grand staircase at Carlton House from Ackermann's Repository. Marie Antoinette and her lover? - an EKDuncan Original ******** I'll be back with more Pre French Revolution Fashion plates from the time of Marie Antoinette soon. Till next time... FYI - if you are wondering about my new address at "EKDuncan.com" I recently purchased the domain EKDuncan.com and have tied my ekduncan.blogspot.com account to it. I figure since I sign my work EKDuncan this will make it easier for people to find me. Either address will get you here but "ekduncan.com" is short and sweet.