Morning devotions in a Dutch orphanage 1880. by Walter Firle. 19th century historical costumes. Jubilee Art Exhibition 1885
Morning devotions in a Dutch orphanage.
Category: 19th Century
Surrender negotiations before sedan on the 2nd, September 1870.
The Capitulation of Sedan. The German-French surrender negotiations on 2 September 1870. The German negotiator is Otto Graf von Bismarck (1815-1898).
Girl in the traditional costume of Cortina d’Ampezzo
Girl in the costume from the Ampezzothal Dolomites,-painting by Emil Teschendorf.
Friesland Costumes 1860. Peasants of Biölkaspel, Foehr, Osterfeld.
Friesland Costumes 1860
Portrait of Siniapu. Sinhalese boy from Matura, Sri Lanka.
Portrait of Siniapu. Sinhalese boy from Matura, southern coast of Sri Lanka in 1867. By Baron Eugène de Ransonnet.
18th century regency shoe fastened by a ribbon tie.
18th century regency shoe from the Georgian Era. PLATE XI. THIS shoe is fastened by a ribbon tie, instead of the overlapping straps with ornamental buckle. It is made of plain… Read More
Glamorous life in 1850. Fashions under the Restoration.
La vie Mondaine en 1850. Echoes of Bon Ton and of the life of fashion in 1850
Shah Shuja as Emir of Afghanistan
Shah Shuja was Shah of Afghanistan from 1803 to 1809 and during the First British-Afghan War from 1839 to 1842.
Dost Mohammad Khan. Ruler of Afghanistan.
Dost Mahommed King of Caubul and his youngest son by James Rattray (1848) Dost Mohammed (Moghul Khan) 1793-1863 was from 1826 to 1840 and from 1843 until his death, ruler of… Read More
French first empire modes under the Restoration 1814-1815.
French first empire modes under the Restoration. (Première Restauration 1814-1815) Les Modes sous la Restauration. From the Book: The Frenchwoman of the century; Fashions – Manners – Usages, by Octave Uzanne.… Read More