Catherine Howard c.1521 – 1542. She was from 1540 until 1541 Queen of England and the fifth wife of King Henry VIII.
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Sir Thomas More. English statesman in the 16th century.
Sir Thomas More was an English statesman and author, noted renaissance humanist, councillor to Henry VIII, and Lord High Chancellor of England from October 1529 to 16 May 1532.
Dakota woman and Assiniboin girl. Tribal group of the Sioux.
The Dakota or Dakhóta (often Santee or Eastern Dakota) are the eastern dialect and tribal group of the Sioux from the Sioux language family.
Isabella d’Este. La donna del mondo prima.
Isabella d’Este known as The First Lady of the Renaissance with a balzo, the famous Capigliari headdress.
Alethe, Priestess of Isis. The Epicurean, by Thomas Moore.
When Alethe arrived at a suitable age, she was taught, like other children of the priestesses, to take a share in the service and ceremonies of the shrines.
Elsa. Renaissance portrait by Ferdinand Wagner.
Elsa by Ferdinand Wagner, Nazarene. Costume jewelry, hair and hat of the period of the 16th century. Painted about 1880th.
Embroidered Table center by Ann Macbeth. Glasgow School of Art, c. 1911.
Embroideries by Ann Macbeth. Glasgow School of Art.
Torquato Tasso and Leonora d’Este. A drama by J. W. von Goethe.
Torquato Tasso and Leonora d’Este is a drama in five acts by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. The Italian poet Torquato Tasso is the focus of the action.
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.
Costume of Dione, Mother of Venus by Léon Bakst.
Fantaisie Sur Le Costume Moderne, Dioné’, By Léon Bakst 1914.
Auguste Racinet. The Costume History by Françoise Tétart-Vittu.
Racinet's Costume History is an invaluable reference for students, designers, artists, illustrators, and historians; and a rich source of inspiration for anyone with an interest in clothing and style. Originally published in France between 1876 and 1888, Auguste Racinet’s Le Costume historique was in its day the most wide-ranging and incisive study of clothing ever attempted.
Covering the world history of costume, dress, and style from antiquity through to the end of the 19th century, the six volume work remains completely unique in its scope and detail. “Some books just scream out to be bought; this is one of them.” ― Vogue.com