Several etymologies have been given as the source from which the celebrated hill of Montmartre, near Paris, derived its name.
Paris. Church of Montmartre, 19c.
Category: Romantic Era
Chivalry and womanhood. By Harriet Bowker Bradbury
Chivalry and Its Results. Chapter IX. Civilisation and Womanhood by Harriet Bowker Bradbury
Princess Alexandra Amalie of Bavaria (1826-1875).
Otto Wustlich: Portrait of Princess Alexandra of Bavaria (after an oil painting by J. Stieler).
The Portrait Miniature in Germany. Franz Napoleon Heigel.
Franz Napoleon Heigel. Portrait of his sister Henriette, c. 1835. German Biedermeier.
Sarah Garay Brunsden, Lady Lyndhurst
1st wife of John Singleton Copley, Baron Lyndhurst, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain.
The church Santa Maria della Salute at Venice.
The church Santa Maria della Salute is a Baroque church in the Sestiere Dorsoduro in Venice at the entrance to the Grand Canal.
Interior of St. Peter’s at the Vatican, Rome.
St. Peter’s as the most splendid monument of religion and art
Castle of Thurnberg. Called also “The Mouse”.
Castle of Thurnberg is the most perfect of all the Rhenish castles. In sublimity of character, the feudal palace of Thurnberg is unequalled.
Cologne, on the Rhine, Germany 19th c..
Cologne, viewed from the water, appears with more of ancient majesty than from any other point.
Castel Gandolfo, one of the most beautiful places in Italy.
At this place is the only country residence possessed by the popes, by whom it has been generally occupied during the autumnal months