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Historical Figures in Costume

Illustrations of actors and historical figures dressed in elaborate costumes, highlighting fashion and character styles from different eras.

Miss Burrell as Patrick in the Poor Soldier, 1815., 1815., London. Publisher, W. West. Great Britain. Burrell, Miss, b. 1795. O'Keeffe, John, 1747-1833. The Poor Soldier., 24 x 18.5 cm
Miss Burrell as Patrick in the Poor Soldier, 1815., 1815., London. Publisher, W. West. Great Britain. Burrell, Miss, b. 1795. O'Keeffe, John, 1747-1833. The Poor Soldier., 24 x 18.5 cm
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Lord and Herderin in conversation, c. 1654 Lord and Herderin in conversation alongside poem on the melody of that ick a Honigh at Tien waer. In the poem, the speaker, Dorathea, asks her beloved Garint what is better: the richness of the court or the sweet tranquility of shepherd life. Zwolle paper. ink. watercolor (paint) brush / calligraphy Lord and Herderin in conversation alongside poem on the melody of that ick a Honigh at Tien waer. In the poem, the speaker, Dorathea, asks her beloved Garint what is better: the richness of the court or the sweet tranquility of shepherd life. Zwolle paper. ink. watercolor (paint) brush / calligraphy
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Patron Saint of Poland. Debucourt, Philibert Louis (1755-1832), graphic artist, Norblin de la Gourdaine, Jean Pierre (1745-1830), draughtsman, cartoonist, Gillé fils (Paryż ; drukarnia ; 1811-1820), workshop, Bance, Charles (1771-1863), publisher
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William Alexander, 1767-1816, British, A Mandarin in his Court Dress, undated. Watercolor with black ink over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper.
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Viennese characters in pictorial representations , XXVI, Clothing carrier, Ignaz Franz Castelli -, Auteur, Anton Zampis -, Artist, Johann Rauh -, Printer, Leopold Theodor Neumann -, Publishing House
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Bound Print (France)
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REPRESENTACION DE MESTIZAJE ETNICO. MULATA : UNION DE NEGRO Y ESPAÑOLA. DIBUJO DE MANUEL DE LA CRUZ Y GRABADO DE JUAN DE LA CRUZ.
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Arc, Jeanne d '.
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James Gillray, 1757-1815, British, Buonaparte, Hearing of Nelson's Victory, Swears by His Sword, to Extirpate the English off the Earth (from: Caricature, vol. 1), 1798. Etching, hand-colored.
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Field Marshall Count Suwarrow-Rominskoy ---, James Gillray, 1757-1815, British, 1799, Etching, hand-colored, Sheet: 11 3/8 x 8 13/16in. (28.9 x 22.4cm)
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Jerome Bonaparte, King of Westphalia, Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia and Ludwig I of Bavaria by Anonymous / Private Collection / ca 1809 / Germany / Etching, watercolour / Portrait,History / 21,3x19,6
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'Rosalind', 1891.Artist: H Saunders
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Toreador (bull-fighter), Spain 18th Century. Engraving.
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Portrait of young man from an oil painting, 20 years old in the year 1626 in Lyon. Wearing lace ruff collar and cuffs, doublet decorated with ribbons in pink, yellow and green. Chromolithograph from Hefner-Alteneck's "Costumes, Artworks and Appliances from the Middle Ages to the 17th Century," Frankfurt, 1889. Illustration by Dr. Jakob Heinrich von Hefner-Alteneck, lithographed by CB, and published by Heinrich Keller. Dr. Hefner-Alteneck (1811 - 1903) was a German museum curator, archaeologist, art historian, illustrator and etcher.
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Dancing putto between vines; Autumn; The four Seasons. .
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'Great offices will have Great talents', 1819. Creator: George Cruikshank.
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Mr. Hicks as Richard I, 1840 - 1865., London. Publisher, A. Park. Great Britain, Hicks, Newton Treen (1810 or 1811-1873)., 22 x 17.2 cm
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The HeadFireman. Artist: Nicolino Calyo, Italian, 1799-1884
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PAQUIRO. FRANCISCO MONTES. MATADOR DE TOROS ESPAÑOL. CHICLANA 1805 - 1845. GRABADO COLOREADO.
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A Fireman, John Augustus Atkinson, 1775-1831, British, undated, Watercolor, pen and brown ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, Sheet: 4 3/4 × 3 3/8 inches (12.1 × 8.6 cm), axe, buckets (vessels), figures (representations), firefighter, gesturing, man, trees
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Revolutionary Soldier. Dated: 1935/1942. Dimensions: overall: 29 x 22.4 cm (11 7/16 x 8 13/16 in.). Medium: watercolor, graphite, and colored pencil on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Mina Lowry.
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Italian men's fashions from the mid 15th century from paintings in a Berlin Gallery. Chromolithograph from Hefner-Alteneck's "Costumes, Artworks and Appliances from the early Middle Ages to the end of the 18th Century," Frankfurt, 1883. IIlustration drawn by Hefner-Alteneck, lithographed by C. Regnier, and published by Heinrich Keller. Dr. Jakob Heinrich von Hefner-Alteneck (1811-1903) was a German archeologist, art historian and illustrator. He was director of the Bavarian National Museum from 1868 until 1886.
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Iffland, August Wilhelm .
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Venetian gondolier, 18th century, Italy, from a painting by Antonio Canaletto. Handcolored illustration by E. Lechevallier-Chevignard, lithographed by A. Didier, L. Flameng, F. Laguillermie, from Georges Duplessis's "Costumes historiques des XVIe, XVIIe et XVIIIe siecles" (Historical costumes of the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries), Paris 1867. The book was a continuation of the series on the costumes of the 12th to 15th centuries published by Camille Bonnard and Paul Mercuri from 1830. Georges Duplessis (1834-1899) was curator of the Prints department at the Bibliotheque nationale. Edmond Lechevallier-Chevignard (1825-1902) was an artist, book illustrator, and interior designer for many public buildings and churches. He was named professor at the National School of Decorative Arts in 1874.
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Napoleon on the column (IT)
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Saint George (c,275/281-303). Christian martyr. Engraving by Siberia "Ano Cristiano", 1852. Colored.
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Charles X., King of France.
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Lion, Ludwig.
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Edad media. Italia. Podestá. Grabado de 1860.
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Brocard de Charpignie, chevalier,guerrier 1200-1220. (Tombe de Musée de Cluny. Chasse de St. Potentien. Musée du Louvre.) Dessins inédits.. 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, knights , French , France , 1200-1299, Soldiers , French , France , 1200-1299
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F. de la Carie from playing cards "Jeu d'Or" 1700-1799 Anonymous, French, 18th century. F. de la Carie from playing cards "Jeu d'Or". Anonymous, French, 18th century. 1700-1799. Etching and hand coloring (watercolor)
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Portrait of painter arcangelo resani; Artists self-portraits in the Galleria Degli Uffizi in Florence; Gli car resatti della real galleria di Firenze. The portrait was presented with fur colored clothing and hat and in the company of a goat. At the top right is a basket with dead birds.
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Quentin Durward and the Disguised Louis XI (recto); Study of male figure (verso) 1825-26 Richard Parkes Bonington British Working in Paris, Bonington established new standards for watercolor, and here uses the medium to describe an episode near the start of Sir Walter Scott's "Quentin Durward" (1823). That novel dramatizes a fifteenth-century power struggle between Louis XI and Charles, Duke of Burgundy, and proved more popular in France than Britain when first published. The title character, standing here at right, is a young man of good family who travels to Plessisles-Tours in France to seek employment in the king's band of Scottish archers. After nearly drowning while fording a flooded river, Durward upbraids two onlookers who failed to warn him of the danger. Dressed as merchants, they are in fact Louis XI and Tristan l'Hermite, Marshall of France. The king-calling himself Maître Pierre and sporting red hose-admires the young man's spirit, conveyed in the drawing through his asser
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A 1874 watercolor by Josef Kriehuber depicting Archduke Rudolf, later Crown Prince, with a white border and color samples on cardboard.
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Man and woman of Arcadia, the Peloponnese, Greece. Illustration from Francois Pouquevilles Travels through More, Albania and several other parts of the Ottoman Empire, 1805. Copperplate engraving by Dell'Acqua handcoloured by Lazaretti from Giovanni Battista Sonzognos Collection of the Most Interesting Voyages (Raccolta de Viaggi Piu Interessanti), Milan, 1815-1817.
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Fine Bracing Weather. James Gillray (English, 1756-1815); published by Hannah Humphrey (English, c. 1745-1818). Date: 1808. Dimensions: 250 × 200 mm (image); 255 × 205 mm (plate); 282 × 234 mm (sheet). Hand-colored etching on paper. Origin: England. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.
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Life, wisdom, comfort, jester, jester's cap, jester's order, cap, red, pointed, bells, portrait, leaves, two people, naked, coloured historical illustration ca 1880
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Departure / N ° 64
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Viennese excavations , Bandol Zwirn Kaft, Bandol Zwirn, Le Vendeur de Rubans et de fil, Bandlkramer, Seller of ligaments and yarn, Ferdinand Cosandier , Artist, Josef Bermann -, publisher
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Italian military costume, 14th century. He wears a round helmet with chainmail neck protector, chainmail suit, gauntlets, greaves, spurs. His cape is scarlet and lined with fur, and the tabard is white. From a figure in the tomb of Mastino II della Scala. 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, 1860.
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Portrait of Montezuma II, Aztec Emperor of Mexico, in gold crown and gorgette, and of David Cusick, a Tuscarora Baptist preacher and author, in western clothes. Handcoloured steel engraving by Lizars after an illustration by Charles Hamilton Smith from his Natural History of the Human Species, Edinburgh, W. H. Lizars, 1848.
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Louis XVI. Louis XVI wearing a phrygian cap and drinKing directly from a bottle. Caricature, engraving 1792. Musee Carnavalet, Paris France
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Officer with the face of a dog II. Witkiewicz, Stanisław (1851-1915), draughtsman, cartoonist
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Otto I (912973), was the founder of the Holy Roman Empire, and wife Edith of England (910-947), from Magdeburg cathedral. Chromolithograph from Hefner-Alteneck's "Costumes, Artworks and Appliances from the Middle Ages to the 17th Century," Frankfurt, 1879. Illustration by Dr. Jakob Heinrich von Hefner-Alteneck, lithographed by Joh. Klipphahn, and published by Heinrich Keller. Hefner-Alteneck (1811 - 1903) was a German museum curator, archaeologist, art historian, illustrator and etcher.
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'Mongol Race, Lapps and Esquimaux', 19th century.Artist: A Portier
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Portrait of King James I of England, King James VI of Scotland, surnamed Stuart. In ruff, doublet, hose, with sash, sword, and hawk in hood. Emblems indicate union of crowns of England and Scotland, Gunpowder Plot, death of Sir Walter Raleigh, rupture with Spain. Handcoloured steel engraving after an illustration by Mary Ann Rundall from A Symbolical History of England, from Early Times to the Reign of William IV, J.H. Truchy, Paris, 1839. Mary Ann Rundall was a teacher of young ladies in Bath, and published her book of mnemonic emblems in 1815.
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Belgium, Fietta, Frères, Manneken-Pis. Grande Tenue. Manneken-Pis. Petite Tenue, Manneken Pis in various attires, 1817, verso - stamped, Three representations of the statue of Manneken Pis in Brussels, without clothes and dressed in two military uniforms. Included here because of the theft of the statue during the night of 4 to 5 October 1817., print, engraving, prints, engravings, Frederik Muller Historieplaten, height 272 mm, width 344 mm, print maker, engraving maker, 1810 - 1830, paper, papier, lithografie (technique), met de handkleuring, Publication (Event), Publicatie, Frans, publisher