The Beg List (or: 'You *will* get a picspam for this')

[themeletor]

Preliminary Q&A for today's presentation revealed that the main question amongst the Youthful Janeites regarding the navy of the time is:

UNIFORMS

So, tomorrow's actual lecturette will come in two flavours -
"How did the post-war Navy affect Jane Austen's world?"
and


If all goes well, plans are to have colour handouts in which the boys demonstrate Looking Sexy -
votes are for Paul McGann to model Lieutenant's uniform, Jamie Bamber to model Midshipman, Russel Crowe Captain, and Jack Davenport Rear Admiral. That's as far as we got before Ike told us about her father's dress sword and we were lost.

So, in short, who has pictures?
I know you people do. Fork it over; hook me up. Good shots of our men in blue, for any rank from middie to Admiral.

Here's what we have so far (Thank you elessil!):
*Commander Horatio Hornblower, undress
*Lieutenants William Bush, Archibald Kennedy, and Horatio Hornblower, undress
*Midshipman Horatio Hornblower, undress (this is beginning to sound no small part dirty)
*Captain Jack Aubrey, undress
*Commodore James Norrington parading around in Rear Admiral's full dress

Here's what we're hoping to find:
-Midshipman, full dress In a fit of idiocy I seem to have forgotten that middies don't *do* full dress. *shame*
-Lieutenant, full dress
-Captain (preferably one with 3 years and one without), full dress
...basically, a bunch of full dress

-Also, some shots of higher-rank -- admirals and the sort -- would be much appreciated, as it saves myself from running to the library at 8:30 tonight to borrow HH, stalk Pellew / the Admiralty Board, and risk major distraction from proper schoolwork.

And I promise I shall share with the lot of you a facsimile of the A/V portion of my lecturette, in return (read: Picspam! with commentary). Among other lavishings of affection, adoration, and possibly drabble.

Comments

[order_of_chaos]

Reread this as a list of commands spoken by... hmm, let's say Commodore Norrington.

"Commander Horatio Hornblower, undress."
"Lieutenants William Bush, Archibald Kennedy, and Horatio Hornblower, undress."
"Midshipman Horatio Hornblower, undress."
"Captain Jack Aubrey, undress."

"Judges, you may begin judging. Try not to drool too much."

[meletor-et-al.livejournal.com]

You're too, too dreadful.

Get out of my journal before you distract me irreparably ;-)

[elessil.livejournal.com]

Mmmmm. delightful idea.