On the history of costumes. German mountain troops with snow tyres. c. 1530. 16th century
German mountain troops with snow tyres. c. 1530. 16th century
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German Lansquenets. c. 1530. Soldiers 16th century.
German Lansquenets. c. 1530. Soldiers 16th century.
Canton of Zurich, Wehntal. Switzerland costumes.
Canton of Zurich, Wehntal.
Byzantine Dalmatic, Ecclesiastical Costume 12th Century.
Byzantine Dalmatic, Ecclesiastical Costume Byzantine Dalmatic, said to have belonged to Leo III., but probably dating from the Twelfth Century, preserved in the Treasury of St. Peter’s at Rome. Upon… Read More
The Days of the Directoire. Costumes under the French Revolution.
Costume under the Revolution; Versailles no longer the arbiter of the mode – Anglomania, “Anticomania,” Rousseau, and a “return to Nature ” – Blonde perukes – Dresses à la Flore, à la Diane, etc. – The classical cothurnus; the “balantine ” – Pink silk tights and gauze veiled nudities – Impossibles and Incroyables; masculine dress à la Anglaise – Official costumes of National Representatives and of Directors – Barras’ little joke – A lady on contemporary fashions in Paris.
Paris after the Revolution 1796-1800.
French Directory. Fashion in Paris after the Revolution 1796-1800. Directoire. Semi-nude women in the Champs Élysées – No pockets – Mademoiselle Mars makes yellow velvet the rage – Rivalry between Mesdames Hamelin… Read More
Archibald Anderson Brown. The Highlanders of Scotland.
Archibald Anderson Brown. H.R.H. PRINCE LEOPOLD`S VALET.
JOHN GRANT (1810-1879) at Loch-na-Gar, Aberdeenshire.
JOHN GRANT (1810-1879) at Loch-na-Gar, Aberdeenshire. HER MAJESTY`S HEAD KEEPER AT BALMORAL.
Piper William Macdonald. The Prince of Wales Piper.
WILLIAM MACDONALD. H.R.H. The Prince of Wales Piper. Dressed in the tartan of the Duke of Rothesay, one of H.R.H.`s titles.
Frankish King Henry II., and Bishop of the 11th century.
Figure of Frankish King Henry II., 973-1024, called the saints and a Frankish bishop.