Sketches of Japanese Manners and Customs’ were collected during the years 1864-5, by Jacob Mortimer.
Tag: Cultural history
Italian Marine Band of Chicago 1893.
Italian Marine Band of Chicago which played at the World’s Columbian Exposition during the Fair season
Charles D’Anjou. French Capetian royal dynasty. 13th century.
Charles I of Anjou, a side branch of the French royal dynasty Capetian.
Tournament of Knights. 14th century. Medieval clothing.
Historical costumes from the thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth centuries by Camille Bonnard and Paul Mercuri
Portrait of King James I of England. Son of Mary Stuart.
James Stuart was as James VI from 1567 King of Scotland, and since 1603 until his death in addition as James I King of England and King of Ireland.
The Magic word Abracadabra as magical power.
Abracadabra. A charm. It is regarded as the word that in most languages has the same pronunciation.
The Death of Virginia. Lays of ancient Rome.
Lais of Ancient Rome is an 1842 collection of narrative poems, or lais, by Thomas Babington Macaulay.
General Custer, Grand Duke Alexis and Buffalo Bill.
Time of the famous buffalo hunt in honor of the Grand Duke Alexis.
The Medieval Burgundy Aristocracy
Burgundy, a region located in east-central France, has a rich historical tapestry that traces its origins back to the Roman Empire.
Shah Shuja as Emir of Afghanistan
Shah Shuja was Shah of Afghanistan from 1803 to 1809 and during the First British-Afghan War from 1839 to 1842.