Lady and Gentlemen costumes of about 1584. (From a painting by Clouet in the Louvre).
Dame et Gentilshommes d’environ 1584.
Category: Baroque
Louis XIII on horseback. Equestrian portrait 1615.
Louis XIII à cheval. D’après une gravure de 1615. Dessin de Chevignard.
James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose.
James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose fought in the English Civil War in Scotland for the royal side.
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Paris saleswoman of cream. Marchande de crème 1774.
Marchande de crème 1774. D’après Poisson. Paris à travers les siècles. Histoire nationale de Paris et des Parisiens par Genouillac.
German mother with monstrous child that was called a divine miracle.
The child is referred to as divine miracle. The costume of the woman is the same as that of a farmer’s wife of that time.
Marchand de coco 1774. Costumes de Paris. D’après Poisson.
Coconut merchant costume 1774. Costumes of Paris. Paris à travers les siècles.
Coiffure à l’échelle. Hairstyle to scale. Caricature of the 18th century.
Coiffure à l’échelle. Caricature du XVIII siècle. D’après une gravure du temps. Gravure extraite de l’ouvrage de H . Gourdon de Genouillac.
Bourgeois woman of Paris in street costume at the end of the 18th century.
Citizen of Paris in street costume. Bourgeoise en 1781.
Oliver Cromwell. Lord Protector of England, Scotland and Ireland.
Oliver Cromwell was Lord Protector of England, Scotland and Ireland during the brief Republican period of British history.
Walnut Saleswoman from Paris. Costume of 1774.
Marchande de cerneaux. Costumes de Paris. Walnut Saleswoman from Paris. Costume of 1774.
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