Ali Baba and the forty thieves by Walter Crane. In the Arabic version of Thousand and One Nights this story was not yet contained.
Ali Baba and the forty thieves by Walter Crane.
Category: England
Period Costumes and Fashion from England, Regency, Empire, Georgian, Directory, Victorian and Tudor dresses.
Honorable Artillery Company of London
Honorable Artillery Company of London
Dorsetshire Yeomanry Cavalry, Queen’s Own
The Queen’s Own Regiment of Dorset Yeomanry Cavalry
The Border Regiment. British Army 1893.
The Border Regiment (34th & 55th Foot)
The Garter. Orders of Knighthood.
A Knight of the Order of the Garter. British order of chivalry. The accompanying plate represents the dress of a Knight of the Garter about the time of Edward IV. or Richard III.
Sarah Bernhardt. French actress
Sarah Bernhardt (1844-1923) Sarah Bernhardt (actually Marie Henriette Rosine Bernardt) was a French actress. She is considered the most famous actress of her time and was one of the first… Read More
An elegant English lady in 15th century fashion.
This costume belongs to the close of the fifteenth century, and is one of the most elegant of this epoch.
Painted glass. Gilbert de Clare, 5th Earl of Gloucester
Gilbert de Clare, Earl of Gloucester of the name, was one of the principal barons who took up arms against King John. The royal line of the Plantagenets.
English kings Henry I and King John. 12th century costumes.
English kings Henry I and King John. IN one of the Cottonian manuscripts (Julius, E. IV.), a brief metrical chronicle of the kings of England, which has been attributed to… Read More
Musicians of the time of Edward III. England 14th century.
The plate which we give represents a group of simple musicians of the time of Edward III, and the singularity of their costume proves that a taste for the grotesque in dress had already made sensible progress at this period.