Peasants from Baden, ca. 1840. Paysan et Paysannes Badois.Source: L’été à Bade par Eugène Guinot. Illustré par Tony Johannot, Eugène Lami, Français et Daubigny Jaquemot. Troisèime Edition, revue corrigée. Paris,… Read More
Peasants from Baden.
Category: Europe
Fashions in Europe. European Costume and Cultural History.
Costume of a French lady. 17th century. Dame Francaise. XVIIe siècle.
Dame Francaise. XVIIe siècle. Costumes historiques de ville ou de théatre et travestissements. Author: Achille Devéria
Renee de Rieux, demoiselle de Châteauneuf, called La Belle Châteauneuf.
Renee de Rieux, demoiselle de Châteauneuf called La Belle Châteauneuf, was a mistress of the French King Henry III.
Don Manuel discovers Beatrice. Schiller’s “The Bride of Messina.”
Schiller’s “The Bride of Messina.”
Dame Romaine (Nouvelle mairee 1581).
Dame Romaine (Nouvelle mairee 1581). Costumes historiques, de la ville ou de théâtre et travestissements.
Sir Walter Raleigh and the New World. Founding of Roanoke.
Sir Walter Raleigh was one of the most brilliant and one of the most ambitious men at the court of Queen Elizabeth.
Ancient inhabitants of France. The Land of the Celts or Gauls.
WHAT we now call France or the “land of the Franks” was formerly termed Gaul,* the “land of the Celts,”
Civil costume from the time of Louis XIII. 17th century.
Costume civil du temps de Louis XIII. XVIIe siècle. Costumes historiques de ville ou de théatre et travestissements.
Henry IV at the Battle of Ivry.
French King Henry IV indicating its white plume at the Battle of Ivry on March 14, 1590.
The king’s guard. Chevau-légers.
Chevau-légers. The Guard troops of the Ancien Régime. The king’s guard. Sergeant in armor. 1560 to 1600.