Michel Eyquem de Montaigne (Latin Michael Montanus; 1533-1592) was a jurist, sceptic and philosopher, humanist and founder of essay writing.
Jean de Montaigne, Reign of Charles VI. 1408
Prince, Règne De Louis XIV, d’après Vauder-Meuleu, 1670
Prince, Règne De Louis XIV, d’après Vauder-Meuleu, 1670. “Modes et Costumes Historiques“. Drawing by Xavier Willemin.
The Mellon Seller. Indian Character.
The Mellon Seller This picture represents a woman of the Kulmbi caste, who is not by any means to be confounded with a coolie. A very low caste woman would… Read More
Page of the French court of Charles V, 1380.
Page Regne de Charles V d’apres Willemin 1380
Virginie Ancelot 1792-1875. French writer and painter.
Virginie Ancelot, origin. Marguerite-Louise Ancelot was a French writer and painter. Ancelot came from an old established family in Dijon, her father was the deputy N. Chardon.
Marguerite Victoire Babois, French writer 1760-1839
Marguerite Victoire Babois was a French writer, author of elegies and other poems which have placed her name at the forefront of French elegiac poets.
The Bania. A merchant from Mumbai
The Banias are perhaps the least educated of any of the middle class natives of the present day.
A Parsee School Girl in her traditional dress. Mumbai India 1899.
Her jacket may be of cloth, or of cotton, or silk, according to the season, but it is always cut in the same style, faIling just below the waist.
Women from around Paris, reign of Charles VII., 1443.
Femmes des Environs de Paris, Règne De Charles VII, d’après Gaignières, 1443.
Medieval nobilty fashion in 1450, 15th century.
Florentine nobility, noble ladies, nobles, German noblewomen, French noblemen