Manfred is the title of a dramatic poem by Lord Byron. It is one of the most important work of the whole romantic era.
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Walter Besant. The World Went Very Well Then. John Brooking’s Studio.
Sir Walter Besant (1836-1901) was an English social reformer, freemason and writer who drew attention mainly on the urban mass poverty. In addition to essays and historical essays he wrote numerous novels.
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.
Rob Roy parting Rashleigh and Francis Osbaldistone. Sir Walter Scott.
Rob Roy is the sixth of Walter Scott’s Waverley novels. He wrote the book in the spring of 1817 and visited Loch Lomond and Glasgow Cathedral for research.
Tristram Shandy by Laurence Sterne.
Novel published from 1759 to 1767, by Laurence Sterne.
The allied sovereigns attending a review in Hyde Park, 1814.
The allied sovereigns. The Duke of Wellington. The King of Prussia. Prince Regent (George IV). The Emperor of Russia.
Pillars of the opera. Prince Esterhazy, Lord Fife, Ball Hughes, Lord Wilton.
Prince Esterhazy, Lord Fife, Ball Hughes, Lord Wilton. The Reminiscences and Recollections of Captain Gronow, being anecdotes of the camp, court, clubs and society, 1810-1860.
British statesman. Philip Dormer Stanhope. Earl of Chesterfield.
Philip Dormer Stanhope. Earl of Chesterfield 1694 – 1773. Author of Letters to His Son and Letters to His Godson. British statesman & diplomat.
Mary Herbert, countess of Pembroke, née Mary Sidney.
Mary Sidney Herbert, Countess of Pembroke (1561-1621) was a scholar noble English writer in Elizabethan time and the center of an artist circle.
William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke by Sir Anthony van Dyck.
Wilton House Pictures. William, third Earl of Pembroke, eldest son of Henry, second Earl, by his third wife, the famous Mary Sidney, was born at Wilton on the 8th April, 1580.
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