A Duke for morrelli

[whiteling]

Dear Skater girl, I hope you don't mind me posting a new art manip as a birthday present for you! Come on, I know you like Johnny Depp too! ;-)

So here is Mr. Depp as George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham:

Comments

[mechtild]

Oh, he's wonderful! What a smile. That's such a convincing manip, Whiteling, it's difficult to believe it *is* a manip. He looks like the cat who ate the cream, or is about to.
But James the First's lover! All this time, my knowledge of the Duke established solely by fiction--the Dumas novel--I thought he was the secret lover of Anne of Austria! Maybe he got around to both genders?

[whiteling]

Thanks, Mechtild!
I know the Dumas novel only in the form of movie adaptations, and I must admit that the Duke's name didn't ring a bell with me. Oh, it's so long ago that I watched them, my memory fails. Apart from the Musketeer heros, only the character Cardinal Richelieu stuck with me... well, that's a good reason to finally grab the book and read it. I loved the Count of Monte Christo book when I was a child, though. What a sinister story! Echoes of this tale can be found in Sondheim's Sweeney Todd.

[mechtild]

Buckingham was very dishy in the "The Four Muskateers", with Michael York and Oliver Reed and a lot of other people, directed by Richard Lester. I believe Geraldine Chaplin played Queen Anne. An actor named Simon Ward played the Duke, who also dallied with the wicked Faye Dunaway as Milady (the one Athos carried a torch for). I had a crush on Michael York in the film, and saw it several times. After I saw it I read the book. Ages before I had seen "The Three Muskateers" that stars Gene Kelly. I love Gene Kelly, but he did not cut it as a Frenchman.

[whiteling]

Yes! It was the Richard Lester film I saw a few times when I was a child! I recall that I had a little crush on Michael York too. :-) And I hated Faye Dunaway for years, only judging her from her devilish Milady de Winter! I have no memory at all nor of the Duke, neither of Queen Anne though. As a child, I didn't care too much about the lovers, I guess. I wanted to see D'Artagnan doing his sword-and-cloak-action and of course, I was a fan of the motto "All for one, and one for all!". :-D

[julchen11]

Wow! That smile is killing me :-) Great manip (is it really a MANIP???!!)Thank you for this wonderful post, sweetie!
*hugs you tight*

[whiteling]

Hi, dearie! Thanks! If one feels down, a glance at that smile should brighten up the spirits in no time, methinks. :-)

*huggles you back*

[julchen11]

:-) that's MORE than true and not to forget another smile *points at your icon*

Love,
Julchen

[morrelli]

Thank you for your birthday wishes Whiteling and for this picture that brought a smile to my face. His expression says mischief is about to happen. It is a shame that portraits in past times were rarely painted with the subjects smiling and looking like they had character.

I too saw the film as a child and fell in love with Michael York. I remember going to the cinema alone one Saturday afternoon to watch a double bill of both films. I saw him in something else though not long after, where he didn't have long tousled hair, and fell immediately out of love.