The Brahmins are divided into two main classes
Tag: Portrait
Japan. Kakiyemon porcelain. Usugumo
Statue of the courtesan Usugumo of Yoshiwara (Tamaya uchi Usugumo) by Kakiyemon
Chivalry and Its Results by Harriet Bowker Bradbury
Chivalry and Its Results. Chapter IX. Civilisation and Womanhood by Harriet Bowker Bradbury
Princess Alexandra Amalie of Bavaria (1826-1875).
Otto Wustlich: Portrait of Princess Alexandra of Bavaria (after an oil painting by J. Stieler).
Renata of the House of Lorraine, 16th c.
This is Renée de Lorraine, daughter of the Duke of Lorraine François I” and Christine of Danemarck.
Marguerite de Valois-Angoulême, duchesse de Berry
Marguerite de France was the fourth daughter of King Francis I of France and Claude, Duchess of Brittany
Portrait of Queen Catherine Paulovna of Württemberg
Miniature portrait of Queen Katharina Paulowna (Romanova) of Württemberg c.1820, daughter of Paul I of Russia by Dietrich Jakob Christian Mathes.
The Portrait Miniature in Germany. Franz Napoleon Heigel.
Franz Napoleon Heigel. Portrait of his sister Henriette, c. 1835. German Biedermeier.
Claude Gouffier. French nobleman and book collector. 16th c.
He was Duc de Roannais, Marquis de Boisy, Comte de Maulévrier, Comte de Caravas, Seigneur d’Oiron, Grand Stable Master of France.
King Charles IX, Duke of Orleans as child, 16th c.
His reign was dominated by civil wars and the infamous massacre of French Protestants on St Bartholomew’s Eve.