Shooter Friedelinus Wiechser from Contingent Glarus. Military costumes of the Swiss cantons 1792-1794.
Shooter Friedelinus Wiechser from Contingent Glarus
Category: Europe
Fashions in Europe. European Costume and Cultural History.
The Thomas Overbury affair. Mrs. Anne Turner.
Mrs. Anne Turner (born Anne Norton 1576–1615), English maidservant convicted of the murder of Sir Thomas Overbury.
The young Napoleon Bonaparte in 1792.
Bonaparte in 1792 as a frequenter of a six-sous Restaurant in Paris.
The Empress Josephine in the Park at Malmaison
The Empress Josephine in the Park at Malmaison (1809) by Pierre Prud’hon.
Empress Josephine At Château de Malmaison 1804.
The Malmaison Castle (Château de Malmaison) in Rueil-Malmaison west of Paris was the residence of Emperor Napoleon and his wife Josephine.
Woman from Kamtschatka, Russia 1840
Woman from Kamtschatka, Russia 1840 From the book: Mœurs, usages et costumes de tous les peuples du monde, d’après des documents and authentiques et les voyages des plus récents; (1843) Author:… Read More
Costume of British Alderman
Costume of British Alderman 1843 Title of Assistant Secretary in the British Isles, member of a municipal assembly or council in many jurisdictions founded upon English law. From the Book: Manners, customs and costumes of all… Read More
The stable, 19th century painting.
The stable, 19th century. Original ‘L’etable from Le livre d’or de la peinture, by M. Jean Armengaud. Published in Paris, 1866-1867.
Sebastian Huber ensign of St. Fiden. Switzerland military uniform.
Sebastian Huber ensign of St. Fiden the high Principality of St. Gallen Contingent.
Madame Féron, called La Belle Ferronière. Mistress of François I.
A work of Leonardo da Vinci or attributed to his school, which represents “a Duchess of Mantua”.