Historical Attire and Figures

Illustrations of historical figures in various costumes from ancient Israel, medieval England, Italy, and France, capturing diverse clothing styles across eras.

History of Germany. Middle Ages. 1400-1450. From left to right, 1: lady, 2-3: noblemen, 4: lady, 5: Emperor Sigismund, 6: ecclesiastical Elector, 7: Duke of Bavaria, 8-9: university costumes, 10-11: Jews. Chromolithography. Historia Universal, by Cesar Cantu. Volume VII, 1881.

Israel. Hebrews. From left to right; 15: priest's vestment, 16: Assyrian-Hebrew dress, 17: rich men's clothing in the times of David and Solomon, 18: warrior vestment. Chromolithography. "Historia Universal" (Universal History), by Cesar Cantu. Volume I, 1881.

English costumes of the 13th century. From left gentleman, physician, Bishop, King, Queen, Lady, nobleman, rustic, From The National and Domestic History of England by William Aubrey published London circa 1890

The Italian figures represented date to A.D. 1400. They are, from left to right: Pope Boniface IX, Pope Boniface IX in house dress, two cardinals, canon, Venetian of rank, female citizen, peasant. The illustration dates to 1882. .

The figures depicted here represent French people around A.D. 1000. They are, from left to right: a lady of rank, an earl, Queen matilda, King Henrt I in 1031, and a knight of the First Crusade. The illustration dates to 1882.

History of Italy. 1300. From left to right, 1: Pope, 2: cardinal, 3: archbishop, 4: citizen, 5-6-7-8: knights, 9: citizen, 10: henchman. Country people's vestment. Chromolithography. "Historia Universal", by Cesar Cantu. Volume VI, 1885.

Anatolian Peninsula. Lydians and Phrygians. From left to right; 1: leather or felt vestment, under the armour, 2: small shield, double edged sword, 3: one or two-horned bow, 4: prince costume, 5: amazon vestment, 6: Greek style amazon clothes, 7: amazon vestment. Chromolithography. "Historia Universal" (Universal History), by Cesar Cantu. Volume I, 1881.

History of Germany. Middle Ages. 1400-1450. From left to right, 1: lady, 2-3: noblemen, 4: lady, 5: Emperor Sigismund, 6: ecclesiastical Elector, 7: Duke of Bavaria, 8-9: university costumes, 10-11: Jews. Chromolithography. Historia Universal, by Cesar Cantu. Volume VII, 1881.

The images here all feature ecclesiastical Costume, from the 11th century through the 19th century. They are from left to right: the Cappa Magna of a cardinal, short mantle, the pope. The illustration dates to 1882.

The images here all feature ecclesiastical Costume, from the 11th century through the 19th century. They are from left to right: the Cappa Magna of a cardinal, short mantle, the pope. The illustration dates to 1882.

History of Italy. 1500. From left to right, 4: cardinal, 5: Procurator of Saint Mark, 6: wife of the Doge, 7: cardinal. Chromolithography. "Historia Universal", by César Cantú. Volume VIII, 1881.

Anatolian Peninsula. Lydians and Phrygians. From left to right; 1: leather or felt vestment, under the armour, 2: small shield, double edged sword, 3: one or two-horned bow, 4: prince costume, 5: amazon vestment, 6: Greek style amazon clothes, 7: amazon vestment. Chromolithography. "Historia Universal" (Universal History), by Cesar Cantu. Volume I, 1881.

History of Germany. 1200. From left to right, 12: Anna of Hohenstaufen (1230-1307), daughter of Frederick II, 13: Archduke Henry of Breslau, ca. 1258-1290, 14-15-16: Counts, 17: Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor (1194-1250). Chromolithography. "Historia Universal", by Cesar Cantu. Volume X, 1881.

Near East. Parthians. From left to right; 22-23: Parthians of lower class, 24-25: higher class Parthians, 27-28-29: Parthian royal garment. Chromolithography. "Historia Universal" (Universal History), by Cesar Cantu. Volume I, 1881.

Ancient Egypt. From left to right; 7: priestess in ceremonial costume, 8: breastplate or chain-mail of scales, 9-10: costume adhered to the body with long narrow sleeves, 11-12: ornate apron for kings and priests. Chromolithography. "Historia Universal" (Universal History), by Cesar Cantu. Volume I, 1881.

Folk traditional costume, clothing, history of costumes, distinguished Medes and Persians, antiquity, Persia, digitally restored reproduction of a 19t...

History of Germany. 1200. From left to right, 12: Anna of Hohenstaufen (1230-1307), daughter of Frederick II, 13: Archduke Henry of Breslau, ca. 1258-1290, 14-15-16: Counts, 17: Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor (1194-1250). Chromolithography. "Historia Universal", by César Cantú. Volume X, 1881.

History of Italy. 1400. From left to right, 1: Pope Boniface IX, 3-4: cardinals, 5: canon, 6: Venetian noble, 7: bourgeois woman, 8: farmer. Chromolithography. "Historia Universal", by Cesar Cantu. Volume VI, 1885.

Norman costumes of the 11th century. Bishops and Lords. From Cassell's Illustrated History of England, published 1857.

History of Germany. Middle Ages. 1450-1500. From left to right, 1: jester, 2: knight, 3: bailiff, 4: citizen, 5: carpenter, 6-7: plowmen, 8: canon, 9: university rector, 10: bishop. Chromolithography. "Historia Universal", by César Cantú. Volume VIII, 1881.

The Slavonic figures pictured here date to 1500. They represent, from left to right: two Hungarian chiefs, a Hungarian prince, and a Polish grandee. Slavs lived chiefly in eastern and southeastern Europe. The illustration dates to 1882.

Mode, Kleidung, Volkstrachten in Russland, 19. Jahrhundert, von links, ein Dorfvorsteher und seine Frau, ein griechisch-orthodoxer Mönch, ein Lohnkuts...

Mode, Kleidung, Volkstrachten in Griechenland um 1880, von links, ein griechischer Bauer im Ziegenmantel, ein griechischer Hirte im Lammfellmantel, ei...

Etruscans. From left to right: 16- musician, 17 and 18- Etruscan dancer costumes, 19 and 20- Etruscan woman's cape, 21- Etruscan woman's cape with a sort of hood, 22- Etruscan woman's dress. Chromolithography. "Historia Universal" by César Cantú. Volume II, 1881.

Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor (973-1024). King of Germany (1002-1024) and Holy Roman Emperor (1014-1024). Henry II with his wife, Cunigunde of Luxembourg (ca. 975-1040), Empress of the Holy Roman Empire. Chromolithography. "Historia Universal", by César Cantú. Volume V, 1884.

Europe. Early Middle Ages. 8th-9th centuries. Frankish Kingdom. Carolingian dynasty. 1: Noble, 2,3,5,6 and 7: Princesses and noble ladies, 4: Warrior, 8: Benedictine monk. Chromolithography. "Historia Universal" (Universal History), by César Cantú. Volume IV. Published in Barcelona, 1881.

A noble man of Sri Lanka, King Rajasinha II of Kandy, and a Tirinanxy or Chief Priest. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Andrea Bernieri after Robert Knox from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, Florence, Italy, 1844.

Egyptian queen and female attendants. Mid-19th century German coloured engraving

Etruscans. From left to right: 16- musician, 17 and 18- Etruscan dancer costumes, 19 and 20- Etruscan woman's cape, 21- Etruscan woman's cape with a sort of hood, 22- Etruscan woman's dress. Chromolithography. "Historia Universal" by César Cantú. Volume II, 1881.

OTTOMAN EMPIRE. TURKEY. SULTAN receiving some members of the Council in the Topkapi Palace courtroom . ISTANBUL. Engraving of the nineteenth century.

The costumes depicted here represent the garb worn around A.D. 900 by a deacon (left) and a bishop in France.

Serie Aus der Kalifenzeit, Abdurrahman gründet das Kalifat Cordoba in Spanien / Series From the Caliph Period, Abdurrahman Founds the Caliphate of Cordoba in Spain, Liebigbild, digital improved reproduction of a collectible image from the Liebig company, estimated from 1900, pd / digital restaurierte Reproduktion eines Sammelbildes von ca 1900, gemeinfrei, genaues Datum unbekannt.

Illustration of the 1889, Fête des Vignerons (Winegrowers Festival); is a traditional celebration held five times a century in Vevey, Switzerland. It has been organized by the Brotherhood of Winegrowers of Vevey since 1797. The committee is free to choose the time intervals between parties, the maximum being five times per century. Until now, the interval between two parties has varied between 14 and 28 years. The next edition will take place in 2019, 20 years after the previous one (1999); . The show pays tribute to the world of wine, several performances take place on the Market Square along the shores of Lake Geneva.

Penitent in hooded robe, nobleman in brocade coat, and priest with alms bag and satchel, France, 16th century. Penitent au temps de Henri III, homme noble et pretre. XVIe siecle. Taken from a stained-glass window in Saint-Ouen Abbey, Rouen. Chromolithograph by Moulin after Ferdinand Sere from Charles Louandres Les Arts Somptuaires, The Sumptuary Arts, Hangard-Mauge, Paris, 1858.

The figures pictured here date to around 1500 A.D. They are from left to right: an Italian man of rank and the Pope dressed in Pontificals, that is, the vestments he wears when celebrating or presiding over liturgical functions. The Pope is Alexander VI, born Rodrigo de Borja. The illustration dates to 1882.

History of Turkey. Middle Ages. Sultana and princess with their slaves. Chromolithography. "Historia Universal", by Cesar Canto. Volume V, 1884.

Ottoman Empire. Sultan welcoming the Council members in the courtroom Topkapi Palace. Istanbul. Turkey. Nineteenth-century colored engraving.

The figures shown here represent, from left to right, are: a Swede, Gustavus Adolphus (died 1632), three Poles, King John Sobiesky, and a Pole. The clothes, attire, and names all date to the 1600s.The illustration dates to 1882.

Hebrews. From left to right; 19-20: ladies clothing, 21: Hebrew woman in street clothes, 22: Assyrian-Hebrew mixed costume. Chromolithography. "Historia Universal" (Universal History), by Cesar Cantu. Volume I, 1881.

An Egyptian king or pharaoh and an Egyptian man in full dress. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalart's "Historical Picture of the Costumes of the Principal People of Antiquity and of the Middle Ages" (1796).

Egyptian king and male attendants. Mid-19th century German coloured engraving

Costumes of Moldavia, Romania and Circassia, 1858. Moldavian priest, Wallachian (Romanian) peasants in colourful costumes, Circassian soldiers in chainmail armour and turban with musket and scimitar, and Moldavian woman with wooden water butt. Handcoloured and sepia-tinted lithograph by Jean-Adolphe Bocquin after an illustration by Felix Fossey from Elisabeth Muller (pseudonym of Leonie Bedelet)s Le Monde en Estampes, The World in Prints, Amadee Bedelet, Paris, 1858.. Religieux Moldave, paysans de la Valachie, Circassiens, femme Moldovalaque.

Hebrews. From left to right; 19-20: ladies clothing, 21: Hebrew woman in street clothes, 22: Assyrian-Hebrew mixed costume. Chromolithography. "Historia Universal" (Universal History), by Cesar Cantu. Volume I, 1881.

The figures pictured here represent Italians around 1500 A.D. They are from left to right: procurator of St. Mark, wife of the Doge, cardinal in house dress. The illustration dates to 1882.

The figures represented here are Normans between A.D. 1000 and 1100. They are, from left to right: King Richard the Lionhearted in military garb and in royal attire, two knights, Queen Berengaria, two ladies of rank. The illustration dates to 1882.

Folk traditional costume, clothing, history of costumes, distinguished Turk, Turkish Badishah, 16th century, Turkey, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown, Asia

Pictured are: King Richard the Lionhearted in military garb and in royal attire, two knights, Queen Berengaria, two ladies.

Two peers in their robes accompanied by a Halberdier in the time of Elizabeth I. 16th century.

The figures dpeicted here represent Moors around A.D. 1300. They are, from left to right: a warrior, four kings of Granada, and another warrior. The illustration dates to 1882.

Burmese court officials to the Emperor. Chief minister and counsellor (Woongee, Woondock) at left, privy counsellor and first secretary (Attawoon and Sere Dogee) and rhahaan or priest with fan. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, Florence, Italy, 1844.

Hebrews. From left to right, 1-2: men's shirts, 3: coat to replace the cape. Chromolithography. "Historia Universal" (Universal History), by Cesar Cantu. Volume I, 1881.

The figures in this 1882 illustration represent a man and a woman living in Asia Minor (present-day Turkey) in ancient times.

England. Anglo-Saxons period. 9th-10th. Society. Princes and noblewomen. Engraving, 19th century.

The figures in the illustration represent French people around A.D. 1200. They are, from left to right: seven citizens, a lady of rank, a Carthusian friar, a monister of order "de la Trappe," a man of rank, a lady of rank. The illustration dates to 1882.

A young man receiving a knighthood, 14th century. The new knight wears a red tabard over a suit of armour. A priest blesses the knight's sword, while other knights in gold tabards and red hoods fix spurs to the knight's shoes. Handcoloured illustration drawn and lithographed by Paul Mercuri with text by Camille Bonnard from "Historical Costumes from the 12th to 15th Centuries," Levy Fils, Paris, 1861.

Eastern Empire. Eastern Church. 6th-8th centuries. Bishop and priest.

Habitus Variarum Orbis Gentium (Costume of the Various Peoples of the World). Jean Jacques Boissard (France, 1533-1598). France, 1581. Books. Ink on paper with gouache, watercolor, and gold

Carolingian King, 8th Century B.C., Exotic Costumes from Antiquity to 1800

4 aristocrats and 2 servants, standing on dais with ornate rugs. 1780 - 1858. Drawings. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Art & Architecture Collection. Portraits,India

Two Peers in their Robes and a Halberdier, 16th century England; Black and White Illustration;

Kleidung, Mode in Afrika, Ägypten, von links, zweimal die Beduinen der libyschen Wüste, eine Beduinenfrau mit Kind, ein alter Dorfchef und ein Läufer,...

Olaf Tryggvesson returns to Norway after his wanderings bringing with him Christianity, his new religion.

French people (c. 1200): seven citizens, a lady of rank, a Carthusian friar, a minister of order "de la Trappe," two nobles.

Various characters of ancient Persian culture. Iran. Old steel engraved antique print. Published in L'Univers La Perse, in 1841. History of the ancien

The last council of Boabdil at the Alhambra; 1492.

La Procession de la Fête-Dieu à Nantes, 1901. Auguste Louis Lepère (French, 1849-1918). Chiaroscuro woodcut;

The images here all feature ecclesiastical Costume. They are from left to right:the Pluvial or Choral hood of a Bishop in the 15th century and the Pluvial or Choral hood of a 15th century Precentor. The illustration dates to 1882.

Religious costumes in 1880, from left: Order of St Stephen, Grand Master of the Teutonic Order, Knights Templar, Grand Master of the Knights of St John, Golden Fleece, historical, digital reproduction of an original 19th century model

Normans, 1000-1100. From left to right, 1: shepherd, 2: nobleman, 3: pilgrim, 4-5-6-7-8: warriors. Chromolithography. "Historia Universal", by César Cantú. Volume V, 1884.

Anatolian Peninsula. Lydians and Phrygians. From left to right; 1: leather or felt vestment, under the armour, 2: small shield, double edged sword, 3: one or two-horned bow. Chromolithography. "Historia Universal" (Universal History), by Cesar Cantu. Volume I, 1881.

A man and Woman of Saudi Arabia. A book of national types and costumes from the early 19th century. Date: 1818

Emperor Justinian (482-565), Empress Theodora (d. 548), Byzantine Empire, 6th Century, Illustration, The History of Costume, Braun & Schneider, Munich, Germany, 1861-1880

The rich man and the poor Lazarus. The rich man is in his doorway and looks down on Lazarus, which is on the floor and whose swears are licked by the dogs.

From left to right, 12: Pope in the 1000s, 13-14: Popes in the 1100s and 1200s. Chromolithography. "Historia Universal", by César Cantú. Volume VI, 1885.

Eastern Roman Empire. Byzantines (400-600). Women's dress with long tunic. Chromolithography. "Historia Universal", by César Cantú. Volume III, 1882.

Russian occupation in Paris: two soldiers have their respect for a pope in front of a group of onlookers Georg Emanuel Opitz says OPIZ (1775-1841). Russian occupation in Paris: Two soldiers have their respect for a pope in front of a group of onlookers. Watercolor on feather tray.

The illustrations shown here depict ecclesiastical costumes. They are, from left to right: Three caps worn for ordinary use by bishops and cardinals and a Cap worn for funeral solemnities. The illustration dates to 1882.

Folk traditional costume, clothing, history of costumes, Afghans, costumes from Asia, 1885, Afghanistan, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown, Asia

'Gascoigne refuses to sentence a prelate or peer', 1405 (1864). Artist: James William Edmund Doyle.

George V wears three robes during the coronation ceremony - the Royal Crimson Robe of State, the Golden Imperial Mantle, and the Royal Robe of Purple Velvet Date: 1911

Ottoman Empire. Turkey. Sultan received in the courtroom of the Topkapi Palace counselors. Istanbul. Recorded. Engraving 19th century. Colored.

Henry II and Kunigunde

Arab woman types, Baghdad woman, Sabaean girl, Drusin, Bedouin girl, 19th century woman, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, o...

Biblical figures displayed at Potter's Wax Museum, St. Augustine, Florida , Galleries & museums, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

Ottoman Empire. Turkey. Sultan received in the courtroom of the Topkapi Palace counselors. Istanbul. Engraving 19th century.

Three women from Ancient Egypt in contemporary costume. After a 19th century work by an unidentified artist.

Arab woman types, Baghdad woman, Sabaean girl, Drusin, Bedouin girl, 19th century woman, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, original date not known

Coronation of Napoleon 1804 , engraving

Macbeth, Shakespeare

Cultural history, from left: two students' costumes around 1500, dancer couple from a patrician's ball in 1510, couple from a wedding procession around 1530, crowned bride and companion from 1550, trooper with baggy pants from 1560, historical illustration

Funeral of the Duke of Aumale in Italy, 1897. Artist: Henri Meyer

Asia. Persia. Persian musicians, 19th century.

King John and King Henry 1st, Costume & Decorations of the Middle Ages

Hebrews. From left to right, 1-2: men's shirts, 3: coat to replace the cape, 4: local women's wear, 5: type of mantle, 6: Persian-Hebrew costume, 7-8: Assyrian-Hebrew mixed costumes. Chromolithography. "Historia Universal" (Universal History), by Cesar Cantu. Volume I, 1881.

One of the priests who carried the ark of the covenant, David playing on a harp, and a priest carrying the host and ciborium.. "One of the priests who carried the ark of the covenant (47), David playing on a harp (48), and a priest carrying the host in his right hand and the ciborium in his left (49).". Images taken from Saxon manuscripts. Saxon artists were the first to depict choir habits decorated with the cross. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalart's "Historical Picture of the Costumes of the Principal People of Antiquity and of the Middle Ages" (1796).

Parable of the Banquet.../ Herrad von...

The figures represented here are all Germans in the 1600s. From left to right, they are: four man of rank, a Protestant clergyman, a man of rank, a woman of rank in mourning (1650-1700), and a man of rank. The illustration dates to 1882.

Christians, Four Women, 4th to 6th Centuries, Illustration, The History of Costume, Braun & Schneider, Munich, Germany, 1861-1880

Aga, or Chief of the Janizaries, circa 1887

Coronation of Napoleon I, 2 December 1804. Napoleon in his coronation robes. Hand-coloured engraving.

Picture series Development of men's clothing, Romans, Gauls and Germanic tribes in a Roman settlement on the Upper Rhine, 175 AD, digitally restored reproduction of a collective picture from c. 1900, in the public domain, exact date unknown

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