Historical Fashion Illustrations

Vintage illustrations of women in elegant gowns and costumes from the 19th century, showcasing intricate details and historical styles.

Sister Carrie, Book Cover

Beauty by health, Reform clothing, 1904, no. 189. Woman in a reform gown with drag. Bolero with pleats on the front and back (bell); Wide sleeves and wrinkled cuffs. Hat with raised edge. Verso: Text sheet page 88.

Fashion Figure, 19th century, Unknown, 15 11/16 x 10 3/16 in. (39.85 x 25.88 cm) (image), Black chalk, gouache and watercolor, France, 19th century

Portrait of a woman ,. Louis Prang & Company Collection

Sister Carrie, Book Cover

Color print by an anonymous artist depicting a blonde woman in blue, created around 1900 using oil pressure technique, showing a female figure and attire.

Kahn, Cécile. Fashion drawing (dummy title), 1905. Black ink, black pencil and watercolor on Bristol. Palais Galliera, fashion museum of the city of Paris.

Lady in a walking dress. Podkowiński, Władysław (1866-1895), draughtsman, cartoonist

Mme. Fanny Cerrito (St. Léon) (rôle de la Vivandière), 1846. Additional, Vivandière., 1846., Paris. Publisher, Masson, 9 rue Trevise. Vivandière (Choreographic work Cerrito and Saint-Léon). Prints (Graphic arts) -- Ballet -- 19th century. Ballet -- France -- 19th century. Lithograph on tinted ground., 22.5 x 15.5 cm

Woman in fancy-dress costume as Scheherazade. Robe in Nile-green crepe de Chine and metallic brocade, with gold and silver embroidery, plumed turban, harem pants, Nile-green trailing sleeves. Handcoloured pochoir lithograph from Le Carnival Parisien, Volume 10, a special edition of Chic Parisien, published by Atelier Bachwitz, Vienna, 1920.

Woman wearing a elegant white off shoulder evening dress with white long gloves. Date: 1907

Woman in a fancy dress costume as a butterfly with painted crepe de Chine dress, winged hat, skirt wings tied to her hands by pearl ropes. Phalene en crepe de Chine bleu et nuit peint ou brode. Ailes maintenues par des cordelieres de perles, prolongees en traines. Handcoloured pochoir lithograph from Le Carnival Parisien, Volume 10, a special edition of Chic Parisien, published by Atelier Bachwitz, Vienna, 1920.

Les Modes, 1903: Miss Gilberte Sergy / Evening Dress, 1903 Mlle Gilberte Sergy in an evening gown with paquin drag. Print from the fashion magazine Les Modes (1901-1937). paper fashion plates. dress, gown: evening dress (+ women's clothes)

Nilrana - soprano , Operas & operettas, Costumes, Allen A. Brown Collection

Les Grandes Modes de Paris, Supplément, 1911, no. 117, PL. 1297: Chapeau Elian (...). 'Toilette' before the afternoon, carried out by Douillet. 'Chapeau Elaine'. Further accessories: MOF of fur, long gloves. Print from the fashion magazine Les Grandes Modes de Paris (1901-1933).

Costume of Musette in "La Boheme" by Puccini. Watercolour by Comelli. Museum: Covent Garden Archives, NAPOLES, UK.

Germany, from the Dancing Girls of the World series (N185) issued by Wm. S. Kimball & Co. 1889 Issued by William S. Kimball & Company Trade cards from the "Dancing Girls of the World" series (N185), issued in an unnumbered set of 50 cards in 1889 by W.S. Kimball & Co.. Germany, from the Dancing Girls of the World series (N185) issued by Wm. S. Kimball & Co.. 1889. Commercial color lithograph. Issued by William S. Kimball & Company

Austria, Vienna, Costume sketch for performance The Clemency of Titus by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in Vienna

France, Paris, costume sketch for Blonde for performance The Abduction from the Seraglio, at Opera Garnier

Fashion Plate, 'Evening Dress' for 'The Repository of Arts'. Rudolph Ackermann (England, London, 1764-1834). England, London, March 1, 1814. Prints; engravings. Hand-colored engraving on paper

Mlle. Rose Dupuis as Madame Dorval in La Mere Rivale by Casimir Bonjour, Theatre Francais. Handcoloured lithograph by F. Noel after an illustration by Alexandre-Marie Colin from Portraits d'Acteurs et d'Actrices dans different roles, F. Noel, Paris, 1825.

Dolma (Corista) , Operas & operettas, Costumes, Allen A. Brown Collection

1898, Women's fashion in nineteenth-century Paris, Boutet, Henri (1851-1919), (Artist), 1902.

Study of mid-body woman, neckline dress, sailing knotted on hair Constantin Ernest Adolphe Hyacinthe Guys (1802-1892), draftsman and French painter. Study of mid-body woman, neckline dress, sail knotted on the hair. Feather, watercolor lavis.

Colored albumin paper portrait of a woman at Atelier Adèle in 1871, showing clothing, posture, and facial features in a studio setting.

Pauline Mattis (1809-1844), née Hasenhut. First dancer at the Imperial and Royal Court Opera Theater. Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th-century original. Record date not stated..

"Harris Bros." Glovers, 877 Broadway, N. Y.. "Harris Bros." Glovers, 877 Broadway, N. Y.

Fashion picture from the year 1880, elegant woman with hat and fur collar, England, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century origin...

Woman, saleswoman in a shop according to her line of business, saleswoman of trimmings, around 1880, sewing accessories, fabrics and decorative material, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original

A portrait of a lady in a lady in Krynolin; Ender, Johann Nepomuk (1793-1854); 1838 (1838-00-00-1838-00-00);Women, foreign miniatures, portraits of en trois-quarts, female portraits, sitting figures, costumes, dresses, hairstyles, purchase (provenance)

Corista popolana , Operas & operettas, Costumes, Allen A. Brown Collection

people women belle of the ball engraving Germany late 19th century festivity,

Her Eyes Were Made to Worship, Harrison Fisher

1809, Women's fashion in nineteenth-century Paris, Boutet, Henri (1851-1919), (Artist), 1902.

La sylphide, 2d edition as danced by Madlle Fanny Elssler Sylphide. Prints, Scores. 1840 - 1849. Jerome Robbins Dance Division. Sylphide (Choreographic work : Taglioni, F), Ballet , 19th century, Elssler, Fanny, 1810-1884

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Woman wearing a blue Drap dress, jacket with black borders and trimmings and a hat with feathers, creation by Charlotte Hambert, colored engraving from La Mode Illustree, No 23, June 7, 1908.

Red Ribbon Hat, Ladies Fashion - Germany

Woman wearing a white Voile dress, pleated skirt and corset; hat with ribbons and feathers, creation by Drecoll, colored engraving from La Mode Illustree, No 35, August 29, 1909.

Fashion, France, 20th century. Women's fashion plate depicting embroidered chiffon walking dress with coordinated parasol and feathered hat. Paris, 1911.

Fashion picture from the year 1880, elegant woman with hat and fur collar, England, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original

A Boyaryshnya - A Boyar (high ranking) Woman in a fine and expensive silken gown Date: 1904

Woman with bent elbow in evening dress and pearls | Library of Congress

1900s LA FEMME LEVENTAIL THE WOMAN WITH A FAN WEARING BLUE DRESS AND HAT WITH BLUE FEATHER PLUMES BY ABEL FAIVRE

fashion 19th century ladies fashion spring dress wood engraving 1898,

La Femme Chic, Supplément, CA. 1911, No. 11, PL. 111: Pour Les Reunions Mondaines (...). Japon with square neck and two rows (ornamental) buttons. Accessories: hat with bontrand, stola, flower corps, belt, muff of fur. According to the caption, this ensemble is suitable for social meetings and designed by Laferrière. Print from the La Femme Chic (1911-1971 mode magazine.

Woman wearing a blue and white striped silk Voile dress, long sleeve corset with embroidered collar and a hat with flowers, creation by Rouff, colored engraving from La Mode Illustree, No 24, June 13, 1909.

Adjustable Duplex Corset. Manufactured by the Bortree Manufacturing Company. , Women, Corsets, 19th Century American Trade Cards

Fashion, 20th century. Women's fashion plate depicting hat. Sketch by Robert Funke, 1910.

Woman, saleswoman in a shop according to her line of business, tobacco saleswoman, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original

Advertisement for G. Wiedman Brewing Co. ,. Louis Prang & Company Collection

'The Flowered Gown', c19th century. Artist: Samuel Melton Fisher.

Mad'elle du de l'Opera, Thomas Rowlandson, 1756-1827, British, undated, Watercolor, with pen and red-brown, and gray ink over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper, Sheet: 7 3/8 x 5 5/8 inches (18.7 x 14.3 cm), blue, bonnet (hat), curls, dress (in general), pink (color), portrait, ribbons (costume accessories), ruffles, neck, ruffles, sleeve, white (color), woman

Breast portrait of Ms. Nietinger by Fritz Luckhardt on albumin paper, vignetted and partially overpainted, in visiting format, showing facial features, hairstyle, and clothing.

Color print depicting a lady seated in a white dress, shown from the knees up, created around 1900.

1890, Women's fashion in nineteenth-century Paris, Boutet, Henri (1851-1919), (Artist), 1902.

A woman with her hair dressed in an enormously high chignon crowned with a circle of pink flowers. Coloured line block by R. Ravót ().

Mlle. Rosati in "Les Boucaniers" at the Academie Imperiale du Musique. Ballerina Caroline Rosati (1826-1905) made a victorious debut in this two-act ballet by Mazilier and Labarre. She was one of the great dramatic dancers of the mid 19th century and a star at the Paris Opera for many years. Handcoloured lithograph by Alexandre Lacauchie from "Galerie Dramatique: Costumes des Theatres de Paris" 1853.

Giovannina King, prima ballerina assoluta at the Teatro Valle in Rome, autumn 1844. Additional, Unidentified ballet., 1844., Rome. Lithographs

Woman in fashionable hat with feathers and ringlets, era of Marie Antoinette. Copperplate etching by Auguste Etienne Guillaumot from Costumes et coiffures du XVIIIe siecle, Costumes and hairstyles of the 18th century, Cagnon, Paris, 1875. Original illustration by Pierre Thomas Le Clerc from the Gallerie des Modes et Costumes Francais, 1778-1787.

Wicker Flowered Hat, Ladies Fashion - Germany

Miss Geraldine Farrar as Nedda in I Pagliaci, circa 1920

Woman with veil, fur collar and muff | Library of Congress

Woman in Spanish Costume Artist's working dates 1824-1866 France. Graphite with red chalk, heightened with brush and white gouache, on gray clay-coated wove paper, laid down on board . Paul Gavarni

Color print around 1900 depicting a lady wearing a straw hat and veil, illustrating early 20th-century fashion, portraiture, and accessories.

Schuhplattler, traditional dance in Bavaria, here performed by a woman in a dirndl, Germany, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, traditional dance in Bavaria, here performed by a woman in a dirndl, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Europe

The Bayadère - Portrait of Mademoiselle Taglioni

Traditional traditional costume, clothing, Maria Anna, Archidux Austria, Archduchess Maria Anna Josepha Antonia of Austria from the House of Habsburg-Lorraine (6 October 1738 to 19 November 1789), copperplate engraving by Caspar Luyken from 1703, digitally restored reproduction from an 18th century original

Women's hairstyle design with these various; Jankowski, Czes Aw Borys (1862-1941); around 1910 (1905-00-00-1915-00-00);Women's hairstyles, fashion

Barry's Tricopherous, established 1801. The oldest and the best. Guaranteed to restore the hair to bald heads and to make it grow thick, long and soft. , Women, Hair preparations, Mirrors, Patent medicines, 19th Century American Trade Cards

Majel G Claflin, Santa (One of Eight Virgins) Front View, c 1937 Santa (One of Eight Virgins) Front View

Gail & Ax navy long cut for smoking and chewing | Library of Congress

Portrait of a Lady Standing near a Lake, Richard Cosway, 1742-1821, British, ca. 1802, Graphite and watercolor on medium, smooth, cream wove paper, Sheet: 11 1/4 x 8 3/8 inches (28.6 x 21.3 cm), belts (costume accessories), capes (outerwear), dresses, genre subject, lakes, sashes (costume accessories), ties (fasteners), trees, veils, women

Gorgeous illustration depicting a woman with long auburn hair wearing rational dress reminiscent of a medieval flowing gown. She walks through a garden filled with foxgloves in bloom. 1937

Portrait of a Young Girl in Spanish Costume. George Owen Wynne Apperley (1884-1960). Watercolour and bodycolour. Signed and dated 1920. 13 1/3 x 9 1/2 in

Study of mid-body woman, in town dress

Dress of the reign of George III, 1760~1820. Woman in black hat with black plumes over a bouffant hairstyle, wearing a green velvet riding jacket, tan gloves, and carrying a crop. From a family picture by John Hoppner in the riding dress worn by the lady represented. Handcoloured lithograph from "Costumes of British Ladies from the Time of William the First to the Reign of Queen Victoria, London, Dickinson & Son, 1840. 48 mounted plates of women's fashion from 1066 to 1840 based on effigies, manuscripts, portraits, prints and literary descriptions.

Adèle Dumilâtre (fac. sig.) as Myrtha in the ballet of Giselle Giselle. Prints. 1843. Jerome Robbins Dance Division. Dancers, Dumilâtre, Adèle, 1821-1909, Giselle (Choreographic work : Coralli and Perrot), Ballet , England , 19th century

A Ralston girl ,. Louis Prang & Company Collection

Woman head with hat and voile, 1875, no. M.29. Women's head, and profil to the right, with a hat covered with a voile with scalloped hem and fringes, which is fastened under the chin. The hat is decorated on either side with springs or wings and mid-front with flowers.

Gibson Girl - Peggy Date: circa 1910s

A young woman in a pale grey tailor-made suit -- a long line jacket with green collar and turned back cuffs, green waistcoat, gored bell shaped skirt, high all-round collar with a tie and a picture hat. Date: 1905

From Hill Brothers New York. Celia. , Women, Hats, 19th Century American Trade Cards

Fanny Elssler Portrait. Inman, Henry, 1801-1846. Prints. 1845. Jerome Robbins Dance Division. Park Theatre (New York, N.Y. : Park Row), Elssler, Fanny, 1810-1884, Dressing rooms (Performing arts), Ballet , United States , 19th century

1910s YOUNG WOMAN WEARING GRAY HAT WITH BLACK HATBAND DRESS WITH SQUARE NECKLINE TRIMMED IN BLACK SHYLY LOOKING AT CAMERA

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