Elizabeth Stuart was Princess of England and Scotland, and by her marriage to Frederick V of the Palatinate, Queen of Bohemia.
Elisabeth Queen of Bohemia, Daughter of James the First, 1662.
Tag: Portrait
Katharina Botzaris in Greek costume 1841
Portrait by Joseph Stieler. Katharina was born in Janina, Greece in 1820. Her father was the Greek freedom fighter Markos Botzaris.
Portrait of James I with sword. Son of Mary Stuart.
The son of Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots, and her second husband, Henry Stewart, Duke of Albany.
Käthe Dorsch. After an etching by Emil Orlik.
Käthe Dorsch, pseudonym of Katharina Dorsch was a German actress.
Emily Faithfull (1835–1895). English women’s rights activist.
Emily Faithfull (1835–1895). English women’s rights activist, and publisher.
Millicent Fawcett British suffragette. Victorian period.
Millicent Fawcett Suffragette. Millicent Garrett Fawcett (1847-1929), was a British suffragette. She was known especially as a leader of the women’s suffrage movement. She was convinced that men and women… Read More
Madame de Pompadour, Reign of Louis XV’s 1746.
French 18th century rococo style. Ancien Régime. Court Dress. Madame de Pompadour, Louis XV’s reign
Claudia de’ Medici: The Reforming Princess (1604-1648)
In today’s context, the struggles for women’s rights resonate strongly with Claudia de’ Medici’s legacy.
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.