The Reminiscences and Recollections of Captain Gronow, being anecdotes of the camp, court, clubs and society, 1810-1860.
Part of the Allies entering Paris after Waterloo 1814.
Category: England
Period Costumes and Fashion from England, Regency, Empire, Georgian, Directory, Victorian and Tudor dresses.
The first quadrille at Almack’s. England regency period 1818.
Four figures dancing at the club Almack’s: Marquis of Worcester; Lady Jersey; Clanronald Macdonald and Lady Worcester.
Habitués of White’s. Marquis of Londonderry, Colonel “Kangaroo” Cooke.
The Reminiscences and Recollections of Captain Gronow, being anecdotes of the camp, court, clubs and society, 1810-1860.
Play at Crockford’s Club 1843. Count D’Orsay calling a main.
Anecdotes of the camp, court, clubs and society, 1810-1860. By Captain Rees Howell Gronow.
Pillars of the opera. Prince Esterhazy, Lord Fife, Ball Hughes, Lord Wilton.
Prince Esterhazy, Lord Fife, Ball Hughes, Lord Wilton. The Reminiscences and Recollections of Captain Gronow, being anecdotes of the camp, court, clubs and society, 1810-1860.
Premières danseuses and their admirers – the Green Room 1822.
The Green Room of the Opera House (King’s Theatre) 1822. The Earl of Fife. Ball Hughes. Mdlle. Mercandotti. Prince Esterhazy (in the back with Mdll. Noblet). Mdlle. Hullin. Lord Petersham.
Well known Bond Street Loungers in 1820.
Well known Bond Street Loungers in 1820. From left: The Earl of Sefton, The Duke of Devonshire, “Poodle Byng”, Lord Manners, The Duke of Beaufort. From the book: The Reminiscences… Read More
France. Fashion during the Second Republic. 1848 to 1864.
France 19th century. Fashion during the Second Republic. 1848 to 1864. History of Fashion. Girondin mantles. Beaver bonnets. Kasawecks. Summer dresses. Jewellery.
Eleanor of Aquitaine. Medieval Queen 12th century.
Eleanor of Aquitaine of the House of Poitiers, was first Queen of France, then Queen of England. She was one of the most influential women of the Middle Ages.
Russian royal party in St. Petersburg. Victorian costumes period.
Russian royal party in St. Petersburg. Victorian costumes period 1874. Festivities in Russia. The Royal Party Skating on the English Quay, St. Petersburg. Royal party of Prince Alfred, Duke of… Read More