Emma, Lady Hamilton (1765-1815) was a Europe-wide celebrated beauty, artist and socialite of the 18th and beginning of the 19th century.
Attitudes by Emma, Lady Hamilton (1765-1815)
Category: England
Period Costumes and Fashion from England, Regency, Empire, Georgian, Directory, Victorian and Tudor dresses.
Glastonbury Abbey in the county of Somerset, England.
The memories of the British Inyswytryn, the Saxon Glaestingburge, the modern Glastonbury, or as it was sometimes called the isle of Avalon
The three daughters of the 2nd Earl Waldegrave by Joshua Reynolds.
The three beautiful daughters of James, second Earl Waldegrave was painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds in 1780-1 for Horace Walpole.
Monasteries and Cloisters as Centres of learning and Culture.
The history of monasticism reveals the fact that In every field of thought and activity this institution wrought good and evil.
Citizens of New Amsterdam during the 17th century
Historic dress in America 1640-1686. Dutch lady. English gentleman. A patroon.
The cathedral of Notre Dame, Paris.
The history of the Cathedral of Notre Dame, one of the most ancient edifices in Paris.
The Execution & Death of Anne Boleyn.
Memorials of the Tower of London. The Execution of Anne Boleyn.
The Tower of London, today guard-house for the Crown jewels.
The Bloody Tower and the Wakefield Tower, in which the Crown Jewels are kept.
The introduction of the vertugale. Costume silhouettes.
Costume silhouettes of the sixteenth century changed rapidly with the introduction of the corset, the basquine, the hoop skirt, or vertugale.
Library Window Curtain. Regency era 1815.
Design for grand architectural additions and drapes that add Palladian or Venetian proportions to a narrow window bay.