Swiss folk costumes from the cantons of Lucerne, Fribourg, Zug, Bern, Schwyz, Schaffhausen and Valais at the beginning of the 19th century.
Swiss folk costumes at the beginning of the 19th century.
Category: 19th Century
The African hog in the woods of Sitsikamma.
There is not perhaps a more disgusting or a more savage animal than the wild Hog of Africa.
Besharah, of the Beni Said tribe. The dress of the Arab tribes.
The dress of the Arab tribes on the route to Petra.
Besharah, of the Beni Said tribe, a member of the artists’ travelling party in Egypt, Sinai and Akabah.
France. Historical folk costumes from the Bordeaux area.
France Bordeaux. Folk costumes from Gradignan, Caudéran, Pessac, Laroque, Blaye. First half of the 19th century.
Empire Romantic. Young lady wears a ballroom ensemble of the 1820’s.
History of Costume. Empire Romantic Era of the middle or late 1820’s. Young lady wears a ballroom ensemble. Young man dressed in evening clothes.
The Rock temple of El Deir at Petra. The Holy Land by David Roberts.
The general view of Petra strikes every traveller with admiration. El Deir stands a thousand feet above the level of the City.
Ryggastuga. The Swedish farmhouse. Interior and household goods.
The Swedish farmhouse, the so-called Ryggastuga, is a small, simple dwelling house with a grass roof. Interior and household goods.
Folk costumes from the different regions of France. 19th Century.
French Folk costumes from Brittany, Normandy, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Provence, Hauts-de-France region, Haute-Savoie, Corsica.
A splendid example of the late 1820’s fashion. Romantic period.
The hand bag and parasol illustrate two of the most common accessories of the 19th century.
The Mower by Sir William Hamo Thornycroft. Italian model Orazio Cervi.
The Mower (1888) by Sir W. H. Thornycroft is apparently the first portrayal in British sculpture of a labourer in his working clothes.
