Costume Designs and Character Studies

Illustrations featuring costume designs and character studies, showcasing historical garments and figure details through etching and watercolor techniques.

Grenadier of the Preobrazhensky Regiment by Geissler, Christian Gottfried Heinrich (1770-1844) A. Suvorov State Memorial Museum, St. Petersburg 1793 Etching, watercolour Germany Classicism History Graphic arts

Iffland, August Wilhelm .

Grenadier of the Preobrazhensky Regiment by Geissler, Christian Gottfried Heinrich (1770-1844) A. Suvorov State Memorial Museum, St. Petersburg 1793 Etching, watercolour Germany Classicism History Graphic arts

Ruth Abrams, Sambo Hand Puppet, c 1937 Sambo Hand Puppet

Design for Valkyries costume. Thoma, Hans (1839-1924), draughtsman, cartoonist

'Enchanted Hero', c1684. Artist: Jean Berain

Lothair II (835-869), King of Lotharingia, second son of Emperor Lothair I and Ermengarde of Tours. In crown, cloak or chlamys, robes, holding orb and sceptre. Lothaire, roi de Lorraine. Handcoloured lithograph by Villain after an illustration by Horace de Viel-Castel from his Collection des costumes, armes et meubles pour servir à l'histoire de la France (Collection of costumes, weapons and furniture to be used in the history of France), Treuttel & Wurtz, Bossange, 1827.

Chłopka Małorosyjska - married woman, leisure from: Aleksander Rigelman, "Litopisnoje relevant about little Russia, and Jeja Nation and Cossacks Woobszcze", ed. I: 1785-1786, at universities of tipography, Moscow 1847, illust: Małorossijskaya minester; Czachórski, Władysław (1850-1911), Kalinskij, Timofij (post 1740-Post 1809); 1870 (1870-00-00-1870-00-00);

Figure of a Girl. Dated: 1940. Dimensions: overall: 38.3 x 28 cm (15 1/16 x 11 in.) Original IAD Object: 10" high. Medium: watercolor and graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Lucille Chabot.

Elmer G Anderson, Wooden Indian, c 1936 Wooden Indian

Portrait of a Mogol-Hoveling, Anonymous, c. 1640 - c. 1660 Indian miniature India paper. ink brush / pen

Bound Print (France)

Costume of a Woman from Tver by Boguslavskaya, Xenia Leonidovna (1892-1972)/ Private Collection/ 1910s/ Russia/ Watercolour, Gouache on Paper/ Russian Painting, End of 19th - Early 20th cen./ 33,5x23/ Genre,History

The Actor Yamashita Mangiku I as Osan in the Play Kitekaeru Nishiki no Wakayaka, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1780. Katsukawa Shunko I; Japanese, 1743-1812. Date: 1775-1785. Dimensions: 29.5 x 14 cm (11 5/8 x 5 1/2 in.). Color woodblock print; hosoban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Fritz Boehmer, Zoar Bonnet, c 1937 Zoar Bonnet

Rose Campbell Gerke, Mother Goose marionette, c 1939 Mother Goose marionette

Tesrifatsy effendi, or grand-maître de cérémonie., 1808 - 1826, Istanbul

A Cavalier. Philipp William May; English, 1864-1903. Date: 1900. Dimensions: 212 × 160 mm. Watercolor on cream wove board. Origin: England. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Alice Stearns, Cigar Store Indian, c 1937 Cigar Store Indian

A Summer Girl. Helen Hyde; American, 1868-1919. Date: 1905. Dimensions: 185 x 60 mm (image/block); 302 x 115 mm (sheet). Color woodcut on cream Japanese paper. Origin: United States. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Fertility image of Artemis van Ephesus, Johann Christian Benjamin Gottschick, after Friedrich Matthaei, 1787 - 1844 print Numbered: XIII. paper engraving / etching other gods of fertility. monument, statue. breasts. (story of) Diana (Artemis)

Grand vezir. 2. 1808 - 1826. Drawings. George Arents Collection

Galla Placidia imperatrice, regente d'Occident, 430. D'apres l'ivorie de La Cathedrale de Monza.. Jacquemin, Raphaël, 1821-1881. Deltre, Auguste, 1822-1907. Prints, Illustrations. 1869. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Art & Architecture Collection. Clothing and dress , France, Costume , France, Empresses , Rome , To 499, Romans , Clothing & dress , 400-499, Galla Placidia,

Soldier, seen from the front, which holds his skewer with both hands upright for himself slightly above the ground; Corte Underswsinghe on the figuerliicke figure, among others T'recht Ghebruyck, from Al T'Ghene a Soldaet Int acting from the Skewer is Noodich. A soldier, for feet, which holds a skewer (lance) with both hands upright for itself to itself slightly above the ground. This is the second operation for placing the skewer on the ground. This print is part of the series of 32 hand-numbered prints of skewers in arms opera.

A drawing by Francesco Ponte for Opera VIII, Teftedar, from Vestiar del Solimano, executed with gray brush, feather, laved technique, and watercolor.

Satire on the latest fashion, 1836 print A figure with a wise stick, made up of utensils: his hat consists of a cup, his neck from perfume bottles, his chest from a saddle, his arms from bags and glasses, his feet from pipes and his skirt from covers of popular theater and music pieces. In the background a wall with placards. paper etching / engraving ornament derived from objects. advertisement, notice

Félicien Rops, The Falconer (La fauconniere) The Falconer (La fauconniere)

American 20th Century, Bulto, 1935 1942 Bulto

Quast Ferdinand von (1807-1877), Dayak/Dajak warrior and Dusum as well as Frauenhut from Rattan on Bornan (without date): View of the two men in the powers of war and the hat with color details (creation according to J.G. Wood, Natural History of Man II, 4th pencil on transparent, 30.1 x 18.2 cm (including scan edges) Quast Ferdinand von (1807-1877): Dayak/Dajak-Krieger und Dusum sowie Frauenhut aus Rattan auf Borneo

A watercolor depiction of a young page from Italy, circa 1400. The artwork, created between 1840 and 1847 by Stewart Watson, features costume elements typical of the medieval period. The piece is associated with themes of education and grand tours

Santo Bulto. Dated: 1939. Dimensions: overall: 35.5 x 26.7 cm (14 x 10 1/2 in.) Original IAD Object: none given. Medium: watercolor, colored pencil, and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: George E. Rhone.

Heads: Barberorum, Thomas Rowlandson, 1756-1827, British, 1800, Etching, colored, Sheet: 10 1/2 x 5 1/2in. (26.7 x 14cm)

Henry Murphy, Cigar Store Indian, c 1937 Cigar Store Indian

Joseph Shapiro, Marionette Topsy, c 1936 Marionette - Topsy

Puppet. Dated: 1935/1942. Dimensions: overall: 56.4 x 35.5 cm (22 3/16 x 14 in.) Original IAD Object: 21" high. Medium: watercolor, gouache, pen and ink, and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: George File.

Raymond Neumann, Cigar Store Figure Punch, 1935 1942 Cigar Store Figure: Punch

Child's Lace Cap. Dated: 1935/1942. Dimensions: overall: 35.5 x 28.2 cm (14 x 11 1/8 in.). Medium: watercolor and graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Raymond Manupelli.

Bound Print (France)

Plate 39: Saint John Nepomuk: From Portfolio "Spanish Colonial Designs of New Mexico". Dated: 1935/1942. Dimensions: overall: 35.6 x 28 cm (14 x 11 in.). Medium: screenprint on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: American 20th Century.

Josef Selleny watercolor and pencil painting depicting a Wachmann in Boitenzorg, with white highlights enhancing details of figure and surroundings.

Edward L Loper, Indian Chief Weather Vane, c 1938 Indian Chief Weather Vane

Chury Burdar, Robert Mabon, died 1798, British, undated, Watercolor and graphite with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, Sheet: 6 1/2 × 3 3/8 inches (16.5 × 8.6 cm)

Person ; Person ; Person. Drawings. 1800 - 1899. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Art & Architecture Collection. China, Drawing, Chinese, Clothing and dress , China

Mina Lowry, Whirligig Hessian Soldier, c 1937 Whirligig: Hessian Soldier

Tinsel Picture, Mr. Elsgood as Quicksand; Published by A. Park (London, England); engraving, embossed foil, fabric

Bound Print (France)

Pepin the Short (714-768), King of the Franks, first Carolingian king. With crown, cape fastened with a buckle, tunic, fleur de lys sceptre, tablet with jeweled cross, throne with lion heads. Statue in Fulda Cathedral. Tinted lithograph by Villain after an illustration by Horace de Viel-Castel from his Collection des costumes, armes et meubles pour servir à l'histoire de la France (Collection of costumes, weapons and furniture to be used in the history of France), Treuttel & Wurtz, Bossange, 1827.

Louis IV, the Bavarian, Holy Roman Emperor, Ludwig der Bayer, 1282-1347. From a stone effigy in Mainz Museum. Chromolithograph from Hefner-Alteneck's Costumes, Artworks and Appliances from the Middle Ages to the 17th Century, Frankfurt, 1889. Illustration by C. Ballenberger lithographed by C. Regnier. Hefner-Alteneck (1811 - 1903) was a German museum curator, archaeologist, art historian, illustrator and etcher.

A Great Man on His Hobby Horse 1803 Thomas Rowlandson British Napoleon, immensely elongated, rides a horse that rears on a globe and wears a crown and a collar lettered "Power." Beneath their feet is a map of Italy, Switzerland and Germany.. A Great Man on His Hobby Horse 392824

Bliej Kultury unknown

'Buffon Russe', 1924. Artist: Leon Bakst.

Edad media. Francia. Graduado o doctor en leyes. Grabado de 1860.

GSELL-Laurent workshop. Album n ° 3; Stained glass project for the Saint-Gervais church in Paris: Figure of Saint Pierre. Pencil, watercolor. Paris, Carnavalet museum. Album n ° 3, apotre, bible, catholic, chretian, key, pencil, Saint-Gervais church, figure, project, saint, stained glass, watercolor

Bliżej Kultury Matejko, Jan (1838 1893)

The woman represented here is a German who dates to 1500-1550. The illustration dates to 1882.

Wild, Franz .

King of Poland, roi de Pologne. Chromolithograph from Loredan Larchey's Ancien Armorial Equestre de la Toison d'Or et de l'Europe au 15e siecle (Ancient Equestrian Armorials of the Order of the Golden Fleece and Europe in the 15th century), Paris, 1890. From illustrated manuscript 4790 in the Bibliotheque de l'Arsenal.

This 1840s illustration shows a warrior from the island of Solor. Solor is a volcanic island located off the eastern tip of Flores island in the Lesser Sunda Islands of Indonesia, in the Solor Archipelago. The island supports a small population that has been whaling for hundreds of years. They speak the languages of Adonara and Lamaholot. Solor is part of the area of the world known as Oceania. Oceania is a geographic region that includes Australasia, Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia. Spanning the Eastern and Western Hemispheres, Oceania has a land area of 8,525,989 square kilometers.

Mina Lowry, Horse and Rider, c 1939 Horse and Rider

Louis Charles Phillippe Bourbon Orléans, Duke of Nemours photography based on graphic template, Franck -, photographer

Rosamond P Gray, Cigar Store Indian, 1935 1942 Cigar Store Indian

Pencil study on transparent paper by Carl von Hasenauer illustrating chivalrous virtuous personifications, focusing on persistence.

LHERIETIER (Romain or Paul Thomas dit) (N.1809-D.1885), Portrait charge of Hyacinthe (1814-1867) in the role of a dancer at the Palais-Royal theater. (Dummy title). Carnavalet museum, history of Paris.

Rag Doll. Dated: 1935/1942. Dimensions: overall: 40.7 x 30.6 cm (16 x 12 1/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 12" high. Medium: watercolor, graphite, and pen and ink on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Erwin Stenzel.

Painting (China); gouache on rice paper

Doll. Dated: c. 1936. Dimensions: overall: 27.5 x 22.3 cm (10 13/16 x 8 3/4 in.) Original IAD Object: 5" high. Medium: watercolor, graphite, and gouache on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Raoul Du Bois.

Cigar Store Figure. Dated: c. 1937. Dimensions: overall: 29 x 22.8 cm (11 7/16 x 9 in.). Medium: watercolor, graphite, and heightening on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Mina Lowry.

Eleanor of Aquitaine (1122-1204), Queen of Henry II. She wears a long dress embroidered with gold, a blue mantle, white veil and wimple. Drawn from the effigy in Fontevraud Abbey from Stothard's Monumental Effigies. Handcolored engraving from "Civil Costume of England from the Conquest to the Present Period" drawn by Charles Martin and etched by Leopold Martin, London, Henry Bohn, 1842. The costumes were drawn from tapestries, monumental effigies, illuminated manuscripts and portraits. Charles and Leopold Martin were the sons of the romantic artist and mezzotint engraver John Martin (1789-1854).

Knitted Doll. Dated: c. 1936. Dimensions: overall: 34.3 x 26.9 cm (13 1/2 x 10 9/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 11 3/4" high. Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Jane Iverson.

Plate 36: Saint Roch: From Portfolio "Spanish Colonial Designs of New Mexico". Dated: 1935/1942. Dimensions: overall: 35.6 x 28 cm (14 x 11 in.). Medium: screenprint on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: American 20th Century.

Warrior by Leon Bakst, Pencil, watercolour, gold on paper, 1917, 1866-1924, Private Collection, 49, 5x33

Polish sabre from the 17th century from the collection of the Historic Museum of Dresden. Lesser, Aleksander (1814-1884), draughtsman, cartoonist

Stage costume by Alexander Yakovlevich Golovin, watercolour, gouache on paper, 1910, 1863-1930, Russia, St. Petersburg, State Museum of Theatre and Music Art

Habit of the grand seignior's body guard in 1700. Corps de garde du grand Seigneur.. Ferriol, Charles, marquis d'Argental, comte de, 1637-1722. Prints. 1757 - 1772. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Art & Architecture Collection. Costume , History, Men , Clothing & dress , Turkey , 1700-1799

Maddle Celeste as the wild Arab boy French spy. Drummond, William (English painter and draftsman, active 1800-1850). Prints. 1839. Jerome Robbins Dance Division. Celeste, Madame (Céline), 1814-1882

Studio portrait of a woman dressed as the goddess benziten on a dragon. .

The figure pictured in this illustration shows a Mexican king around A.D. 1500. The illustration dates to 1882.

This 1840s illustration shows two Cochinchinese (Vietnamese), a native and a soldier. Cochinchina is the historical name given by foreigners to part of Vietnam, depending on the contexts. Sometimes it referred to the whole of Vietnam, but it was commonly used to refer to the region south of the Gianh River.

Virginia Richards, Figurehead Hercules, c 1937 Figurehead: Hercules

Damoisel ,. Paul Gavarni (1804-1866). Lithographs and Other Works

Standing woman with bare feet and stick, anonymous, c. 1740 - c. 1760 print Trompe L'Oeil: As if the leaf with the show against a wooden wall has been attached. paper etching 'optical illusion'

Cigar Store Indian. Dated: c. 1936. Dimensions: overall: 35 x 24.9 cm (13 3/4 x 9 13/16 in.). Medium: watercolor and gouache on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Walter Hochstrasser.

Two Fragments with Indistinguishable Design, before 1968. Egypt Tapestry; linen and wool; average: 18 x 7 cm (7 1/16 x 2 3/4 in.).

Slavniy vitez' bova korolevich. Rovinski, D. A. (Dmitri Aleksandrovich), 1824-1895. Prints. 1881. Rare Book Division. Folk art , Russia (Federation), Russia , Social life and customs, Engraving, Russian

Portrait of Lamoraal, Count of Egmond, Kneeling, Aert Schouman (Possible), After Anonymous, 1782 drawing Portrait of Lamoraal (1522-1568), count of Egmond, kneeled in armor with mantle and crown, to the left. paper brush historical persons

Favorite; du Roy de Juida.', 1800 - 1899. Themes include clothing and dress, nobility, favorites, and royalty

Design for a political cartoon: scarecrow, Albert Hahn (i), 1904 - 1905 drawing Design for the press series 'Under Black Regime' (1905). cardboard. ink. chalk pen / brush political caricatures and satires. scarecrow

Hand Puppet "Punch". Dated: c. 1936. Dimensions: overall: 40.9 x 27.9 cm (16 1/8 x 11 in.) Original IAD Object: 15 1/2" high. Medium: watercolor, gouache, pen and ink, and graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: William Kerby.

Standing girl with a jug on the back. Draughtsman: Johan Daniël Koelman. Dating: 1841 - 1857. Measurements: h 225 mm × w 155 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Hoqqu-burdar or pipe bearer, with hookah tobacco pipe and Persian carpet. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by an unknown artist from "Asiatic Costumes," Ackermann, London, 1828.

Edad media. Venecia. Senador. Grabado de 1860.

GRABADO-DONCELLA DE SAN SEBASTIAN.

Adrià Gual / Figurín, Tristany per a Tristany i Isolda, 1920, Técnica mixta. Institut del Teatre de Barcelona.

Bliżej Kultury Verlag Gerlach & Schenk in Vienna (1882 1901)

Portrait of Toussaint Louverture (1743-1803) leader of the Haitian Revolution and President for Life. Dated 18th Century

Portrait of Jahangir Holding a Falcon Attributed to 'Abid. Portrait of Jahangir Holding a Falcon, ca. 1600-1610. Opaque watercolor and gold on paper, sheet: 5 1/2 x 3 3/8 in. (14 x 8.6 cm). Asian Art ca. 1600-1610

Costume Plate (Arménien). Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur (France, 1757-1810). France, late 18th to early 19th century. Drawings. Hand-colored engraving

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