Our goddesses of the Year VIII., (1799). Regency – Directoire fashion. Nos déesses de l’an VIII. From the Book: The Frenchwoman of the century; Fashions – Manners – Usages, by Octave… Read More
Category: England
Period Costumes and Fashion from England, Regency, Empire, Georgian, Directory, Victorian and Tudor dresses.
The Merry Wives of Windsor by William Shakespeare.
Mrs. Kendal, Miss Ellen Terry and Mr. Tree in ” The merry wives of Windsor,” by John Collier. The Merry Wives of Windsor is a comedy by William Shakespeare from 1597. The… Read More
The Lionesses and Fashionables by Octave Uzanne.
The Frenchwoman of the century; Fashions – Manners – Usages, by Octave Uzanne. Illustrations in water colours by Albert Lynch. Engraved in colours by Eugène Gaujean.
Averil Mary Burleigh. English women painter.
Drawings by Averil M. Burleigh. Published in the International Studio in 1913.
Courtly fantasy scene by Mary Young Hunter.
The duke’s high dame by Mary Y. Hunter. Female Pre-Raphaelite Painter.
Parisian salon scene of the Second Empire.
Parisian salon scene of the Second Empire c. 1860. Parisiennes du Second Empire. Source: The Frenchwoman of the century; Fashions – Manners – Usages, by Octave Uzanne. Illustrations in water… Read More
Portrait of Lavinia Biglia by Juan Pantoja de la Cruz.
Portrait of Lavinia Biglia by Juan Pantoja de la Cruz. Portrait of a lady of the Pallavicini family. From the painting by Juan Pantoja de la Cruz 1553-1608. Elizabethan court dress. Queen… Read More
The Coquettes, Flirts of the First Empire 1804–1814.
The Coquettes, Flirts of the First Empire 1804–1814 (Napoleonic Empire). Les Coquettes du Premier Empire. Les Modes sous la Restauration. From the Book: The Frenchwoman of the century; Fashions –… Read More
Historical costume silhouettes from 1750 to 1950
Can you imagine what women wore to ride a horse at the beginning of the twentieth century?
An Appreciation of the work of Ann Macbeth.
The Work of Ann Macbeth. By F. H. NEWBERY. Published at Studio: international art 1903.