A Buddhist Temple at Nagasaki, Japan 1857. Source: Two journeys to Japan. 1856-7, by Kinahan Cornwallis. Illustrated by the author. Published by Thomas Cautley Newby. London 1859.
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A street scene off Shimoda. Journeys to Japan.
Two journeys to Japan. 1856-7, by Kinahan Cornwallis
Shop of children toys of the 17th century.
Boutique. Marchande de Jouets. XVIIe siècle. Extrait d’un ouvrage de 1625, dessine par Jean-Pierre de Vermes.
French Lord in the late 17th century. Louis XIV court dress.
Seigneur. Vers la fin du XVIIe Siècle. D’après Chevignard. Ancien Régime.
First President to the Parliament of Paris. 16th Century.
Premier président au Parlement de Paris. XVIe Siecle. Regne de Henry III.
Electra waits for the return of Orestes.
Electra, the daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, mourning the fate of her father, waits for the return of Orestes, her brother, as the avenger of his father’s death.
Esmeralda. Phoebus de Chateaupers. Notre Dame de Paris.
Phoebus de Chateaupers. Captain of the archers.
Nathan the Wise. The Sultan Saladin and his Sister Sittah.
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing’s Nathan the Wise. The action takes place during the Third Crusade (1189-1192) during a truce in Jerusalem. The work has as main topics the humanism and tolerance ideas of the Enlightenment.
Lancelot and Elaine, The Lady of Shalott.
Lancelot and Elaine. ELAINE the fair, Elaine the lovable, Elaine the lily maid of Astolat, High in her chamber up a tower to the East Guarded the sacred shield of… Read More
Costume of Dione, Mother of Venus by Léon Bakst.
Fantaisie Sur Le Costume Moderne, Dioné’, By Léon Bakst 1914.