In this large horizontal print from the Journal des Marchands-Tailleurs, six men and a young child converse in front of a neoclassical building surrounded by trees in June, 1853. Comprising three groups of two, the pair of men on the left stand...
One of several drawings from "La Vieille Armee francaise" (1820) or "La Vie politique et militaire de Napoleon" (Paris, 1826), showing infantry uniforms or "military exploits under the First Empire, which made [Charlet's] work popular with the...
In a classical outdoor setting of white marble walls and greenery, a mother and her two children model their French fashions for the Journal des Jeunes Personnes. The year is 1859, the ascendancy of the regime of Napoléon III (Louis-Napoléon...
Clothing and dress; Coats; Color in clothing; Cuffs (Clothing); Dresses; Earrings; Gloves; Hats; Headgear; Pearls; Shoes; Sleeves; Tassels; Women's clothing; Women's hats; Women's shoes; Mantillas
Two women in London dresses for September. The woman on the left wears a white headscarf with light green trim. Her dress is a very pale pink with white dots and trim on the cuffs and vertical decorative bands of the sleeves, the neck, and the hem....
In a Barcelona neoclassical park setting, a young woman and six girls play jump rope. Spain in the 1880s enjoyed economic prosperity after the Restoration of the Spanish Crown (1875), and these girls appear to reflect that prosperity. From the...
A family costume party is the theme for this illustration in the February, 1901 edition of La Mode Illustrée. Although they represent a family of the early twentieth-century, the man, his wife, their four children, and another woman are dressed in...
A group of ten young women and girls gather to model their English fashions for The Young Ladies' Journal of February 1888. Six of the models display coats, hats, and outerwear to brave the winter cold, while four of the models are dressed for the...
Sitting together in a garden is a family of five children. The youngest boy on the left wears a gray outfit in a masculine style. His skirt is a kilt, pleated on the sides and back. Over this he wears a loose gray waistcoat and coat with wide...
The woman on the left wears a pale pink dress with ankle-length skirts, long sleeves, a high waist, and a square neck. The bodice is edged and decorated in bands of blue and there is a blue band along the hem and at the wrists. She wears a soft...
A woman wears a white, ankle-length morning dress with long sleeves, a high waist, and a high neck. The dress has a high, white standing ruffled collar with white detailing at the hem. The woman wears a long, blue cape with squared edges. The cape...
A woman in ball dress. She stands with her head cocked to the side and her left gloved hand on her hip. She is adorned with a headband bearing an upturned crescent at the front. She wears a necklace and upper arm band made of jet beads. Her dress...
A man wears a knee-length, dark blue coat with pockets and buttons over a black waistcoat, knee-length black breeches, and black hose. His shoes are black with gold buckles, and he wears a white cravat. He wears a curled, white wig and leans...
