What 13 Famous People Truly Looked Like Beyond Their “Photoshopped” Portraits

It’s hard to find a truly unedited photo these days, but the urge to improve one’s appearance didn’t begin with Photoshop. As far back as the nineteenth century, artists and early retouchers were already refining portraits, often making their subjects look more idealized than they were in real life.

1. Princess Mary Adelaide, Duchess of Teck

2. Sophie of Württemberg, Queen of the Netherlands

3. Queen Victoria

4. Maria Christina of Austria, Queen-consort of Spain

5. Princess Helena of the United Kingdom

6. Princess Caroline Augusta of Bavaria

7. Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom, Queen Victoria’s fifth daughter

8. Maria Luisa of Bourbon-Parma, Princess-consort of Bulgaria

9. Victoria, Princess Royal, German Empress

10. Alexandra of Denmark, the spouse of Edward VII

11. Princess Alice of Battenberg, the mother-in-law of Queen Elizabeth II

12. Isabella II of Spain

13. Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies, wife of Ferdinand VII of Spain

Be sure to check out our other article featuring stars who portrayed real people so convincingly that it’s almost impossible to tell the difference.