Portrait of a woman as Astrée, probably Mary Josephine Drummond, Condesa de Castelblanco, by Largillierre.
Category: 18th Century
Costume and Fashion History during the 18th Century. Clothing of the Late Baroque, Rococo, Louis XV, Louis XVI, Rose Bertin Minister of Fashion at the court of Marie Antoinette. The French Revolution fashion period of Incroyables and Merveilleuses. The Georgians and Regency period.
Old Carpet from Armenia or South Caucasia. 18th c.
Old Caucasian Carpet from Armenia or South Caucasia.
Stirling Castle, Scotland.
The View was taken in the Year 1778. The Print shews the south-west aspect of the Castle.
Portrait of a Lady by Jean-Honoré Fragonard
The Portrait of a Lady forms the type of feminine beauty which Fragonard seems to have admired particularly.
Newark Castle, Nottinghamshire in 1777.
The Print exhibits the north-well and the remains of the east tides of the Castle, as they were in the year 1777.
The Gloucester Cathedral
Gloucester Cathedral is still considered “one of the most important and enigmatic monuments in the history of art”.
The Holyrood Palace and Chapel at Edinburgh
The royal Palace bearing the above name was originally an abbey, founded by David I., A. D. 1128.
The Bureau du Roi of Louis XV France 1769.
Our illustration of the Bureau de Louis XV. shows one sides of this famous work.
James Wolfe and the capture of Quebec City.
James Wolfe (1727-1759) was a British general, significant for his role in Britain’s conquest of Canada.
The Art of Perfumery in Italy and in France.
The art of perfumery began to be cultivated in Italy early in the 16th century. France has been associated with the cultivation of sweet-smelling flowers from early times.