Shawl Collection (#5)

Women's costume of Corps-Nuds, Ille-et-Vilaine (colour litho)
8677215 Women's costume of Corps-Nuds, Ille-et-Vilaine (colour litho) by French School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Women's costume of Corps-Nuds, Ille-et-Vilaine)

Dace or ayah, Indian nurse, in petticoat and jacket of cotton, and muslin shawl, with European child
FLO4565349 Dace or ayah, Indian nurse, in petticoat and jacket of cotton, and muslin shawl, with European child. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by an unknown artist from " Asiatic Costumes

Woman in fancy dress costume as a fountain, le jet d'eau, in silver top and pants with hat
FLO4684571 Woman in fancy dress costume as a fountain, le jet d'eau, in silver top and pants with hat and shawl of silver ribbons and beads

Tradeswoman of Rouen
5855671 Tradeswoman of Rouen; (add.info.: Tradeswoman of Rouen wearing a bonnet called a bavolet. She wears a dusty pink dress with blue shawl trimmed with flowers)

Woman of Rouen
5855673 Woman of Rouen; (add.info.: Woman of Rouen wearing a small, plain bavolet. She wears a simple white dress with striped shawl and blue belt)

French women's fashions, evening ball gown, Napoleonic era, 1808. Illustration by Forester
FLO4573013 French women's fashions, evening ball gown, Napoleonic era, 1808. Illustration by Forester, lithograph by Madame Goclon from Le Bibliophile Jacob aka Paul Lacroix's Costumes

The Social Science Congress at New York: conversazione in the Assembly Rooms, Blake-street, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The Social Science Congress at New York: conversazione in the Assembly Rooms, Blake-street, 1864. From "Illustrated London News", 1864

Indians of Peru and Bolivia, South America, 1864. Creator: Joseph Austin Benwell
Indians of Peru and Bolivia, South America, 1864. Engraving from a photograph by Mr. C. L. Rowsell of Valparaiso, of indigenous people belonging to...the half-civilised part of the native South

Indian rebel, Zahoor-ool-Hoosein, recently captured, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Indian rebel, Zahoor-ool-Hoosein, recently captured, 1862. Engraving from a photograph...taken at Poona by Lieutenant-Colonel I. D

"Saved", by F. W. Topham, in the exhibition of the Society of Painters in Water Colours, 1864. Engraving. We must sympathise with the terror through which these humble Irish folk have

Incognito III
Retro woman hiding her face with hat. Ildiko Neer

Selfportrait, 17th century. Creator: Ulrika Eleonora of Denmark
Selfportrait, 17th century

Unknown woman, 1817. Creator: Thomas Hargreaves
Unknown woman, 1817

Portrait of a young woman, 1656. Creator: Pieter de Grebber
Portrait of a young woman, 1656

Portrait of a Lady, possibly Mrs Pigott of Chetwynd, late 18th century. Creator: Sir Joshua Reynolds
Portrait of a Lady, possibly Mrs Pigott of Chetwynd, late 18th century

Old Spanish Woman, 1891. Creator: Enrique Jaraba Jimenez
Old Spanish Woman, 1891

St Margaret, 1524. Creator: Ortolano
St Margaret, 1524

Mrs. Anna Higgins Matthiesen, portrait photograph, 1925. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Mrs. Anna Higgins Matthiesen, portrait photograph, 1925

Fashion Plate (Ball Dress), 1813. Creator: Rudolph Ackermann
Fashion Plate (Ball Dress), 1813

Fashion Plate (Evening Dress), 1827. Creator: Rudolph Ackermann
Fashion Plate (Evening Dress), 1827

Fashion Plate (Promenade Dress), 1813. Creator: Rudolph Ackermann
Fashion Plate (Promenade Dress), 1813

Fashion Plate (Evening Dress), 1818. Creator: Rudolph Ackermann
Fashion Plate (Evening Dress), 1818

Jutlanders, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Jutlanders, 1858....Jutlanders from the other end of Denmark, who have come to visit the northern capital, and are a sample of the costumes we shall see in their country; the Danes, like the Dutch

Fashions for September, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Fashions for September, 1858. We may here describe a few dresses worn during the fetes at Cherbourg by ladies of distinguished rank

Fashions for August - Promenade or Carriage Costume, and Ball Dress, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Fashions for August - Promenade or Carriage Costume, and Ball Dress, 1858. Dress of very rich Azof-green silk, with two skirts

Fashions for August - Country or Seaside Dress, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Fashions for August - Country or Seaside Dress, 1858. Round hat of leghorn, with a very broad brim, inclining downward on the forehead, so as to shade the face from the sun

Fashions for July, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Fashions for July, 1858. Fig. 1: Dress of green silk, with quilles or sides trimmings of black passementerie...The corsage, which is pointed at the waist

Julie (Julia Mathilda) Berwald, nee Åkerhielm af Margrethelund (1822-1877), opera singer... 1860. Creator: Maria Rohl
Julie (Julia Mathilda) Berwald, nee...kerhielm af Margrethelund (1822-1877), opera singer, married to baron court marshal Gustaf Georg Knut...kerhielm af Mergrethelund, 1860

Jenny Lind, 1845. Creator: Louis Asher
Jenny Lind, 1845

Jeanne Bernadotte (1728-1809), late 18th-early 19th century. Creator: Louis André Fabre
Jeanne Bernadotte (1728-1809), late 18th-early 19th century

"A Cheap Entertainment" by J. Clark, in the Royal Academy Exhibition, 1876. Creator: Unknown
"A Cheap Entertainment" by J. Clark, in the Royal Academy Exhibition, 1876. Engraving of a painting. Is there anything in the world more graceful and comical

Marquise de l'Hôpital, c1740. Creator: Jean-Marc Nattier
Marquise de l'Hopital, c1740

Michael Benedicks (1768-1845), married to 1. Fanny Isak (1775-1802), 2. Henriette... 1824. Creator: Jakob Axel Gillberg
Michael Benedicks (1768-1845), married to 1. Fanny Isak (1775-1802), 2. Henriette von Halle (1786-1855), 1824

Hilda Amalia Brusewitz (b. 1853), 1850s. Creator: Gustaf Henrik Brusewitz
Hilda Amalia Brusewitz (b. 1853), 1850s

Fashion Plate (Evening Dress), 1826. Creator: Rudolph Ackermann
Fashion Plate (Evening Dress), 1826

Fashion Plate (Walking Dress), 1818. Creator: Rudolph Ackermann
Fashion Plate (Walking Dress), 1818

Fashion Plate (Promenade Dress), 1813. Creator: Rudolph Ackermann
Fashion Plate (Promenade Dress), 1813

Fashion Plate (Full Dress), 1813. Creator: Rudolph Ackermann
Fashion Plate (Full Dress), 1813

Fashion Plate (Evening Dress), 1829. Creator: Rudolph Ackermann
Fashion Plate (Evening Dress), 1829

Fashion Plate (Evening Costume), 1828. Creator: Rudolph Ackermann
Fashion Plate (Evening Costume), 1828

Fashion Plate (Evening Dress), 1826. Creator: Rudolph Ackermann
Fashion Plate (Evening Dress), 1826

Fashion Plate (Ball Dress), 1825. Creator: Rudolph Ackermann
Fashion Plate (Ball Dress), 1825

Fashion Plate (Morning Dress), 1825. Creator: Rudolph Ackermann
Fashion Plate (Morning Dress), 1825

Fashion Plate (Walking Dress), 1814. Creator: Rudolph Ackermann
Fashion Plate (Walking Dress), 1814

Hedvig Sophia of Sweden (1681-1708), Swedish princess and a Duchess Consort... 17th century
Hedvig Sophia of Sweden (1681-1708), Swedish princess and a Duchess Consort of Holstein-Gottorp, 17th century

Maria Elisabet, 1610-1684, Princess of Saxony, Duchess of Holstein-Gottorp, 17th century

Hedvig Sofia, 1681-1708, Princess of Sweden, Duchess of Holstein-Gottorp, 1684. Creator: David Klocker Ehrenstrahl
Hedvig Sofia, 1681-1708, Princess of Sweden, Duchess of Holstein-Gottorp, 1684

Old Lady in Red Shawl, 1852-1866. Creator: Paul Gavarni
Old Lady in Red Shawl, 1852-1866

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