Richard I in French Cœur de Lion, actually Richard Plantagenet; was from 1189 to his death King of England.
Richard I the Lionheart. Cœur de Lion. Third son of King Henry II.
Category: England
Period Costumes and Fashion from England, Regency, Empire, Georgian, Directory, Victorian and Tudor dresses.
King Henry VII. The Tudor from the House of Lancaster.
During the Wars of the Roses, Henry was the last survivor of the House of Lancaster and became its head. Through his marriage to the heiress of the House of York Elizabeth Plantagenet, England hoped for an end to the civil war between the two houses and a lasting peace.
The Death of Virginia. Lays of ancient Rome.
Lais of Ancient Rome is an 1842 collection of narrative poems, or lais, by Thomas Babington Macaulay.
Knitted dress by Thiébaud-Guichard. Romantic era 1841.
Knitted dress by Thiébaud-Guichard. Romantic era 1841. Meubles de Maigret. Guipure de Doucet. Porcelaines de Toy. Miror de Giroux. Fleurs de Constantin. Etoffes de robes de Thiébaud-Guichard façon de Mlle.… Read More
Fitted dress with silk pants. Regency era.
Fitted dress with silk pants. Costume parisien 1816. Habit de Drap. Culotte de Soie. Bas à Mailles coulées. Journal des dames et des modes. Costumes parisien 1816. France Restoration era. England Georgian… Read More
Tristram Shandy by Laurence Sterne.
Novel published from 1759 to 1767, by Laurence Sterne.
Augustina, the Maid of Saragossa.
English Romanticism. Black romance. Raimunda Maria Agustina Saragossa i Domènech was a Spanish independence fighter
Linon shawl, trimmed with applied tape. Regency 1798.
Linon shawl, trimmed with applied tape. Triple chaîne d’or à maillons plats, servant de bandeau. Schall de Linon, bordé d’un ruban appliqué. Journal des dames et des modes. Costumes parisien… Read More
The allied sovereigns attending a review in Hyde Park, 1814.
The allied sovereigns. The Duke of Wellington. The King of Prussia. Prince Regent (George IV). The Emperor of Russia.
Don Juan. Lord Byron’s Haidée. English romanticism
“Haidée,
The greatest heiress of the Eastern isles;
So very beautiful was she,
Her dowry was as nothing to her smiles:
Still in her teens, and like a lovely tree
So grew to womanhood.
English Romanticism, the black romance.