Russia Kureck woman in 19th century. Sakian kurgans in Kazakhstan. Steppe nomads (Scythians, Sakas). The Sakas were an Iranian-speaking nomads in Central Asia. Gallery: Asian costumes by Auguste Wahlen. Manners, customs… Read More
Portrait “Nina” 1924, Water color by Arthur Ernest Vokes 1874–1964
Costume design for Jacinto Benavente’s play “Los intereses creados” (The Bonds of Interest), by John Garside 1924.
From the Tapestry “The Apparition of Christ to the Madeleine” at the the Louvre, Paris. Costume: Elizabethan era, Tudor era.
Norah Allison McGuinness was a female Irish painter and illustrator.
Lady`s of the First Empire by G. Boldoni. Premier Empire term for the period 1804 to 1814 and 1815 in the history of France. The monarchy initiated the slow liberalization of… Read More
The Paris Exposition Universelle of 1878 By Arthur Chandler.
Louis-Lazare Hoche was a French general of the Revolutionary who was known as the “pacificateur de la Vendée”.
Shepherd in the sheep stable. Painted by Charles Jacque (1813-1894). The artist was a French animal (sheep) and landscape painter and graphic artist versatile of the Barbizon School. In the natural performance… Read More
Young farmer from Obermais, Merano, South Tyrol 1875. Gallery: “Sheets for costume design: historical and folk costumes. Published by Franz Lipperheide, 1876-1887.
