History of Costume. Empire Romantic Era of the middle or late 1820’s. Young lady wears a ballroom ensemble. Young man dressed in evening clothes.
Empire Romantic. Young lady wears a ballroom ensemble of the 1820’s.
Category: Romantic Era
A splendid example of the late 1820’s fashion. Romantic period.
The hand bag and parasol illustrate two of the most common accessories of the 19th century.
Waverley, or, ‘Tis Sixty Years Since is the first novel by Sir Walter Scott.
Waverley appeared in 1814 and is considered the first British historical novel. The materials are Highland feudalism, military bravery, and description of natural scenery.
Werther and Charlotte. Goethe, The Sorrows of Young Werther (1774).
The suffering of the young Werther is regarded as the key novel of the Sturm and Drang (literally “storm and drive”). It developed into “the first bestseller of German literature”.
The Parisian Lady. La femme comme il faut. Honoré de Balzac
As the botanist detects among the hills and valleys some choice and unexpected prize, so you, amid Parisian vulgarities, have encountered a rare and exquisite blossom! It is the PARISIAN LADY!-the “FEMME COMME IL FAUT.”
The Burial of Atala. Francois Auguste Chateaubriand.
The Burial of Atala. Francois Auguste Chateaubriand’s “Atala.”
Atta Troll. A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Heinrich Heine.
Atta Troll. A Midsummer Night’s Dream, a narrative poem by Heinrich Heine. Atta Troll is one of the most virtuosic works Heines. German Romantic.
Students from Heidelberg, 1840.
Students from Heidelberg, ca. 1840. Romantic era.
Postilion and Innkeeper, Baden.
Postilion and Innkeeper from Baden, Germany. Around Kehl, ca. 1840.
Peasants from Baden.
Peasants from Baden, ca. 1840.
