Portrait of Emily Faithfull (1835–1895). English women’s rights activist, and publisher.
Emily Faithfull English women’s rights activist. Victorian period.
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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
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.
Queen of France, Marie Antoinette in court dress.
Marie Antoinette, Archduchess of Austria, Queen of France in Court dress
LAP-PA-WIN-SOE. A DELAWARE CHIEF
THE preceding engraving are taken from the original portraits, in the possession of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.
A Chippeway widow with the best of her late husband’s clothes.
A Chippeway widow, on the death of her husband, selects from his scanty wardrobe, a complete suit of his best clothes.
Louise-Diane of Orleans, known as Mademoiselle de Chartres.
Louise-Diane of Orleans, known as “Mademoiselle de Chartres”, Princess of Conti (1732).
ESHTAHUMLEAH, A Sioux chief
He is one of the hereditary chiefs of the Teton tribe, of the Dacotah nation.