The Portrait of a Lady forms the type of feminine beauty which Fragonard seems to have admired particularly.
Portrait of a Lady by Jean-Honoré Fragonard
Category: Europe
Fashions in Europe. European Costume and Cultural History.
Castel Del Monte, built by Emperor Frederick II of Hohenstaufen.
The Castel del Monte is a building from the time of the Hohenstaufen Emperor Frederick II (1194-1250) in Apulia in south-eastern Italy.
The Reculvers, Herne Bay, Kent, England.
Reculver was a village – now a deserted village – about five kilometres east of Herne Bay in the English county of Kent.
Cologne, on the Rhine, Germany 19th c..
Cologne, viewed from the water, appears with more of ancient majesty than from any other point.
Norman knight (Varangian) in chain mail. 11th century.
Varangian reconstructed from the embroideries of the Bayeux Tapestry and contemporaneous original weapons.
Arch of Trajan on the mole at Ancona.
This Arch was a tribute of gratitude to the Emperor Trajan, and was erected in the year 115 A. D.
The Clan of Graham. Tartan.
Few families, says Sir Walter Scott, can boast of more historical renown than that of Graham.
Bologna. View in the Strada Maggiore.
The Strada maggiore is a street leading from the gate of the same name to the centre of the city
England. Kensington Palace Garden, London.
Kensington Gardens are not great, nor abounding in fine plants, but the walks and grass laid out are very fine, describes Gibson.
Lago di Garda from above Desenzano.
A picturesque tour of Italy, from drawings made in 1816-1817 by James Hakewill and William Turner.