Talk:Blanche of Lancaster

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Can anyone justify the "Lady and the Unicorn" image used at the top of this article? It's certainly not of Blanche, and, beyond showing an idealised medieval lady, has very little to do with her: wrong country, and over a century after her death. I think it should be removed. GrindtXX (talk) 14:21, 24 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I agree as it's very misleading and has nothing to do with her whatsoever. It reminds me of an image chosen to illustrate a book cover just to make it attractive.--Jeanne Boleyn (talk) 17:11, 24 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

No votes for keeping it: I'm taking it out. GrindtXX (talk) 17:16, 1 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

It's been tagged as probably Blanche of Lancaster. It would be nice to maybe have it in a section which discusses whether or not it is her, but it's not necessarily needed. As for pictures/portraits of her; there is probably only one; her grave that was destroyed. Perhaps that could be put up within the article. Is there an upload of that on Wiki? -- Lady Meg (talk) 23:24, 13 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Why not try on Commons? Perhaps it's over there. I agree an image of Blanche-even her grave would enhance the article.--Jeanne Boleyn (talk) 12:59, 14 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The Lady and the Unicorn is not likely to be based on Blanche as the tapestry (which is Flemish) dates from the late 15th century, well over 100 years after Blanche's death. Have you sources that claim it was based on her? If so add the section to the article.--Jeanne Boleyn (talk) 08:39, 15 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I've now added an image of the tomb, but it isn't suitable as a 'portrait':– quite apart from the fact that Blanche is quite a small element of it, it's notoriously inaccurate in its details (it shows Blanche with a 'Tudor' style headdress, for example). The 1641 manuscript drawing by William Sedgwick on which it's based is a bit better, but I don't think there are any copyright-free versions of that around. GrindtXX (talk) 21:59, 15 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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