Illustration of English hairstyles of the 1930s in Fashions in Hair. The First Five Thousand Years by Richard Corson. English hair styles of the 1930s: a. Major; b. Regent; c.… Read More
English hair styles of the 1930s
Godey’s Fashions for November, 1874.
Godey’s Fashions for November, 1874. Fashion Plate of Godey’s Ladies Book. Victorian Crinoline Costumes.
The Fairy Ariel by William Shakespeare
Ariel (air spirit), a fictional character in Shakespeare’s The Tempest.
The Camel and the Arab
The Camel and the Arab. Arabian Camel Driver. From The Archive of the Old Print Man. The Art Journal, 1857.
New York working girls in an Opium Den, 1883.
Scene In An Opium Den, In Pell Street, New York. Frequented By Working Girls. 1883.
The Hara Kiri scene from the Japanese play of Chiushingura
Chiushingura: Or, The Loyal League, a Japanese Romance by Izumo Takeda (1880)
Midē Wiwin or The “Grand Medicine Society” of the Ojibwa.
The Midewiwin is the society of the Mide or Shamans, popularly designated as the Grand Medicine Society. Its ritual, and the traditions of Indian genesis and cosmogony, constitute a powerful religion.
American Beauty by Albert Sterner. Painter, printmaker and illustrator.
Albert Sterner. American Beauty. Illustration (1906). Publication: Paintings by Leading American Artists 1908. Publisher: Collier & Son.
The Syren, after Charles Louis Muller 1878.
The Syren. The painter evidently selected a Spanish, or probably a Hebrew model.
Chinese children flying kites 1948
Chinese children flying kites. From: A series of images used for Sunday School lessons 1948.