The comfortable costume, in which the belt was attached at a normal height, was soon followed by the close-fitting dress, the robe collante
Category: 19th Century
The Roman Pantheon, a temple to all the Gods. Ancient architecture.
The Roman Pantheon, a temple for all the gods, is one of the most perfect examples of ancient architecture in its magnificent simplicity.
The Town-Hall of Cologne on the Rhine, Germany 19th c..
Germany Romanticism. Cologne and the legend of the fight with the lion of the mayor Hermann Gryn.
The ancient Monument of Philopappus at Athens, Greece.
The Monument of Philopappus is an ancient Greek mausoleum dedicated to Gaius Julius Antiochus Epiphanes Philopappus (65-116 AD), a prince of the kingdom of Commagene, Anatolia.
The Schönburg castle ruins on the Rhine, near Oberwesel.
The Schönburg castle ruins on the Rhine, near Oberwesel. The 12th century hilltop castle was destroyed by the French during the War of the Grand Alliance (The Nine Years’ War… Read More
Italy. View of Tivoli from the Temple of Vesta. Italian scenery 1817.
Tivoli, the ancient Tibur, is eighteen miles to the east from Rome, romantic in its waters, its hills, its herbage, or its ruins.
Tivoli. From bellow the Villa of Quinctilius Varus. Italian scenery 1817.
The sites of the numerous villas which once overhung every point of the romantic dells of Tivoli must be in great measure imaginary
Naples from the castle of St. Elmo. Italian scenery in 1817.
St. Elmo. From this spot the forked top of Vesuvius is perhaps more intelligible than upon a nearer inspection.
Naples Italy. A calessino, or hired carriage, Hackney chaise.
A calessino. Italian scenery; representing the manners, customs, and amusements of the different states of Italy.
Char-aina. Thick padded Coat with four body pieces of plate Armor.
Armory of H.H. The Nawab of Tonk, Rajputana (Muhammad Ibrahim Ali Khan 1848-1930), Central India.