Theatrical Costume Illustrations

Engravings of performers in elaborate costumes from period plays, illustrating historical fashion and theatrical presentations, capturing their dramatic aesthetics.

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

The regulars of the Tuileries.

The bad poor (third party, book 8) Albert Morand. The bad poor (third party, book 8). Illustration project for Victor Hugo's novel, Mis�rables. Cont� Pencil or Industrial Black Stone on paper, circa 1920. Paris, Victor Hugo House.

Herderin, Andreas Van Der My, After Jean Antoine Watteau, 1752 print A shepherdess is under a tree, a staff in hand. London paper engraving forest, wood. herding, herdsman, herdswoman, shepherd, shepherdess, cowherd, etc.

Bedelaarskind, c. 1813 - c. 1815 print Begelaarskind, girl standing next to a spinning wheel. One from a series of four from a series of originally twelve prints. paper etching beggar. child. spinning-wheel

Spanish fryer, or, The double discovery : Mrs. Mattocks in the character of Elvira. Isabella Hallam.. Prints. 1777. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection

Cartouche with two men; C Troisime Livre the cartouches. On top of a cartouche is a man with a long pipe on a half moon. To the right of him is a man with a range. Left and right of the cartouche a bow and spears.

Portret van Gravin Eugénie Marie Sophie Isaure de Montault, Anonymous, 1880 - 1881 photomechanical print This print is part of a cover with 86 prints on 78 magazines and 11 text magazines. paper collotype historical persons - BB - woman. aristocracy; 'Aristocratia' (Ripa) Hofburg

Bogusław IX with his wife Maria Emilia of Masovia with shield with coat of arms, half portraits, according to the `Genealogia Xiążat Pomorskich oleyno malowaney [Genealogy of Pomeranian dukes painted in oil c. 1593. Currently at the castle of Berlin. Lesser, Aleksander (1814-1884), draughtsman, cartoonist

Mrs Pelham Feeding Her Chickens 1766-1823 England. Printed after a 1770 Joshua Reynolds painting, this mezzotint features the 1st Baroness of Yarborough, Mrs. Sophia Pelham. Mrs. Pelham wears a workingclassñinspired yet finely embroidered Brunswick dress to feed her chickens before a rustic farmhouse. Such scenes are reminiscent of the 18th-century British fashion for ornamental farms and dairies within elite society, similar to Marie Antoinetteís 1783 Hamlet at Versailles, with its imported Swiss sheep and cows. In fact, Mrs. Pelham had her own ornamental dairy, built in 1779 and outfitted entirely in Wedgwood Queenís Ware dishes and equipment.. Mezzotint on cream wove paper . William Dickinson

Frontispiece to Hogarth's Works, The Milk Maid, after William Hogarth, 1697-1764, British, Print made by The London Printing and Publishing Company, 1850, Line engraving and stipple engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper

painting in Gouache depicting an Italian peasant in traditional costume. Circa 1850

Headdress. Dated: 1935/1942. Dimensions: overall: 30.5 x 22.6 cm (12 x 8 7/8 in.). Medium: graphite and watercolor on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: American 20th Century.

Quaker Doll. Dated: 1938. Dimensions: overall: 45.9 x 38 cm (18 1/16 x 14 15/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 16" high. Medium: watercolor, graphite, and pen and ink on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Max Fernekes.

Chargé...de garder les insignes de la souveraineté Moldo Valaque. Honoré Daumier (1808-1879). Lithographs

North Holland girl, Paulus Constantijn la Fargue, 1775, draughtsman: Paulus Constantijn la Fargue, 1775, parchment (animal material), brush, pen, h 146 mm × w 103 mm

L'éleve de conservatoire , Alexandre Benois Collection

Washington Irving.. 1880. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection

Columbine waltzes ,

The Winged Hat Made 1890 United States. Transfer lithograph in black, with scraping, on cream laid paper . James McNeill Whistler

Portrait of Philips van Orléans, Anonymous, Balthazar Moncornet, 1646 - 1668 print publisher: ParisFrance paper engraving / etching historical persons. nobility and patriciate; chivalry, knighthood

Pallas Athena, 1813 Pallas Athena is wearing a helmet and tunic. In her hands a shield and spear. Probably signed according to a classic example. Page 16 Recto from a sketchbook with 91 sheets. paper. ink. pencil pen (story of) Minerva (Pallas, Athena)

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

April, from The Twelve Months, c. 1781, Robert Dighton; Printer: Carington Bowles; Retailer: Carington Bowles, British, 1752-1814, 12 7/8 x 9 7/8 in. (32.7 x 25.08 cm) (image)13 7/8 x 10 in. (35.24 x 25.4 cm) (plate)15 3/8 x 11 1/4 in. (39.05 x 28.58 cm) (sheet)19 3/4 x 15 3/4 x 1 1/8 in. (50.17 x 40.01 x 2.86 cm) (outer frame), Mezzotint, hand-colored with gouache and watercolor, England, 18th century

NOUVEAU DEBARDEUR. Chapeau de velours.…. Artist: Paul Gavarni, French, 1804-1866

Young Woman Seated, last fourth 18th century or first fourth 19th century. Pierre-Paul Prud'hon (French, 1758-1823). Oil; framing lines in graphite; sheet: 16.9 x 13.3 cm (6 5/8 x 5 1/4 in.); image: 13.4 x 9.7 cm (5 1/4 x 3 13/16 in.).

Album Amicorum of a German Soldier. Italy, 1595. Drawings. Gouache on paper

Binck, Jacob, Germany, Maria Magdalena with ointment jar, verso middle - stamped, print, prints, D or DL, verso bottom - stamped, height 62 mm, width 43 mm, German, Danish, 1500 - 1569, print maker, printmaker, 1526 - 1526, second quarter 16th century, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, after own design by

Le chapeau à brides. Artist: Pierre-Louis Pierson (French, 1822-1913). Dimensions: 7.6 x 11.7 cm. (3 x 4 5/8 in.). Date: 1860s. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Calliope. Calliope.. Ripa, Cesare, 1560-1645. Prints. 1757 - 1772. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Art & Architecture Collection. Costume , History, Muses (Greek deities) , Clothing & dress

Miss Dagmar Weidenhjelm. "Watercolor by Fritz von Dardel Nordic

Della Bella, Stefano (dit Étienne de la Belle) (n.1610-05-18-D.1664-08-22), renowned queens' game. Esther. Thirtieth number of a sequel of 52 pieces. (A. de Vesme 634; Dutuit 118) (Main title), 1644. Etch. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

Scene from Vestiar del Solimano Opera: I. Solimano by Francesco Ponte, executed with gray pen and brush, laved and watercolored, showing figure, costume, and stage setting.

Charlotte of Prussia (1798-1860). Empress consort of Russia (1825-1855) as Alexandra Fyodorovna, by marriage to Tsar Nicholas I (1796-1855). Portrait. Drawing by C. Legrand. Lithography by J. Donón. "Reyes Contemporáneos" (Contemporary Kings). Volume III. Published in Madrid, 1854. Author: Julio Donón. Spanish artist active from 1840 to 1880. Luis Carlos Legrand (fl. 1829-1858). Spanish draughtsman and lithographer.

Young Girl Meditating. Artist: Thomas Eakins (American, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1844-1916 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania). Dimensions: 9 9/16 x 6 1/8 in. (24.3 x 15.6 cm). Date: 1877. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

(Toilette de chez Soie) ,. Paul Gavarni (1804-1866). Lithographs and Other Works

Maria Vorontsova, Stolypina née Trubetskaya , Princesses, Alexandre Benois Collection

Maria Antonia of the Two Sicilies (1814-1898). Grand Duchess consort of Tuscany (1833-1859) by her marriage to Leopold II (1797-1870), Grand Duke of Tuscany (1824-1859). Portrait. Drawing by C. Legrand. Lithography by J. Donon. "Reyes Contemporaneos" (Contemporary Kings). Volume II. Published in Madrid, 1852.

Brush drawing by Carl Theodor Reiffenstein depicting a young woman holding a lamp in a darkened room, with brown washes, 18th century.

Miss Atkinson: the pig-faced lady Date: 1815

A drawing by Sébastien Le Clerc depicts a lady from Rome, executed in brown, red, and gray Feder, glued onto a leaf with a pierced decorative floral strip, created between 1650 and 1664.

Tudor noblewoman (detail), from a map of England and wales by John Speed;C1612

Two Studies of a Dancer, Raising Her Skirt in Her Two Hands 1712-1713 France. The Art Institute boasts a small but choice selection of drawings by Antoine Watteau. This early example of his virtuoso draftsmanship in red chalk reflects his intimate knowledge of elegant materials and costumes, made famous in his print series the Figures de modes (Figures of Fashion). The spontaneity of the artistís method is suggested in the pentimenti (changes to the composition) in the womanís face.. Red chalk on cream laid paper . Jean Antoine Watteau

Ladies Dress, As it Soon Will Be. James Gillray (English, 1756-1815); published by Hannah Humphrey (English, c. 1745-1818). Date: 1796. Dimensions: 305 × 215 mm (image); 313 × 233 mm (plate/sheet). Etching in dark brown, with handcoloring and stipling , on cream wove paper. Origin: England. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Album Amicorum of a German Soldier. Italy, 1595. Drawings. Gouache on paper

Venetian wife, Domenico Bonavera (Possible), c. 1650 - c. 1740 Standing Venetian woman with covered head and a book in her hands. Title in the end margin. The print is part of an album. Italy paper engraving / etching Standing Venetian woman with covered head and a book in her hands. Title in the end margin. The print is part of an album. Italy paper engraving / etching

Portrait of Anna van Denmark, Queen of England, Anonymous, 1612 - 1652 print Anna van Denmark, consort of King Jacobus I of England. She is in a niche. Above her the crowned family crest, flanked by two angels. Amsterdam paper engraving

Mr. Hemmings as St. Deny's Denys, 1821. Published by B. M. DeBurson in London. Part of DeBurson's Theatrical Portraits from original drawings. 24 x 19.5 cm

Kiersti Nils Olson from Glostorp, Oxie Härad. Pencil drawing by Otto Wallgren. Nordic

Maria Cosway with Her Daughter Louisa. Dated: c. 1794. Dimensions: overall: 27 x 11.1 cm (10 5/8 x 4 3/8 in.). Medium: graphite, red and black chalk, and gray and red wash on laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: RICHARD COSWAY.

MAIDENHOOD PAINTED BY G.E. HICKS

Maria van Reigersberg standing next to the book box, 1621, 1800 - 1899 print Maria van Reigersberg, the wife of Hugo de Groot, standing next to the book box with which her husband escaped from Loevestein, March 22, 1621. Netherlands paper etching law and jurisprudence (+ escape from prison) Slot Loevestein

BISCAYENNE.. Artist: Paul Gavarni, French, 1804-1866

Mina Lowry, Seated Woman, c 1936 Seated Woman

Master Vine, a child with deformed arms. Etching.

Habit of a morisco slave in 1568. Esclave moraure.. Nicolay, Nicolas de, 1517-1583. Prints. 1757 - 1772. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Art & Architecture Collection. Costume , History, Men , Clothing & dress , Spain , 1500-1599, Moriscos, Slaves , 1500-1599

Lady of Culemborg, Nicolaes de Kemp (attributed to), c. 1600 - c. 1625 drawing Lady of Culemborg. Wife of Hubrecht III, lord of Culemborg. Standing back with the weapon of the Van Arkel family. Part of an illustrated handwriting with the genealogy of the gentlemen and graves of Culemborg. Northern Netherlands parchment (animal material). ink. watercolor (paint). gouache (paint) painting / writing (processes) Culemborg

Portrait of Mrs. Herb Roth , Spouses. George Bellows (1882-1925). Prints and Drawings

Leporello, Wiener Type - Child Magg, Heck -, Publishing House, Verlag G, Freytag , Berndt, later Kartogr, Institution G, Freytag , Berndt -, Lithography Institute, Ladislaus Eugen Petrovits Petrowitsch -, Artist

The Ancient Prude engraved by J. Brain after J.J. Jenkins

LesFarfadets. Artist: Paul Gavarni, French, 1804-1866

Window with curtains, Anonymous, 1878 - in or after 1904 print A window with draped curtains. Print from 59th Livraison. paper window. hangings and drapery

Edad media. Dama del siglo XV. Grabado de 1860.

Elizabeth Fairchild, Figurehead, 1935 1942 Figurehead

Eugène André Champollion, L'été: Portraite de Jeanne Samary, 1858-1901, etching and drypoint on laid Japan paper.

The songs of Jenny Lind. As sung in the opera of La figlia del reggimento. , Lind, Jenny, 1820-1887

Woman with lute; Italienne Chantante, et recitant à l'Opera, du Carnaval de Venize, Represente a Paris; Women in costumes. A singing opera singer, herself accompanying on the lute. Two arches behind her.

Unholy Union ca. 1801-3 or ca. 1813-19 Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes) Spanish. Unholy Union. Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes) (Spanish, Fuendetodos 1746-1828 Bordeaux). ca. 1801-3 or ca. 1813-19. Brush with Indian ink and wash and traces of pen and ink on laid paper. Drawings

Molard, Zélie .

Amsterdam, Visscher, Claes Jansz. (II), Portrait of Anne of Denmark, Queen of England, verso - stamped, Anne of Denmark, consort of King James I of England. She stands in a niche. Above her the crowned family crest, flanked by two angels., print, prent, prints, height 415 mm, width 177 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1612 - 1652, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), Publication (Event), Publication, Northern Netherlands, 1586 - 1652-06-19, publisher

Charlotte Marguerite de Montmorency, Princess of Conde, mother to the Great Conde, 1593-1650. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Edward Hargrave from The Lady's Magazine and Museum of the Belles Lettres, Fine Arts, Drama, Fashions, etc., Vol. IX, Dobbs, London, 1836.

Souvenir d'adieu de Marie Taglioni, 1847-09-08. Additional, Sylphide. Published by J. Mitchell in London. The image measures 36 x 27 cm and is a lithograph mounted on India paper. The work features dancers and is related to the choreographic piece by Taglioni, F, set in 19th century England

Gilbert Stuart Newton, A Girl at Her Studies, 1826, lithograph on paper.

Print, Corazze e vesti Militari; colored etching

Engraving titled 'Scholz in der Cachucha' by Johann Christian Schoeller, published in 1837. The artwork features a caricature related to the Cachucha dance, associated with Fanny Elssler, set in Vienna during the 19th century. The engraving measures 23 x 15.8 cm and is colored with a plate mark

Richard Newton, 1777-1798, British, Dainty Nice Sprats, Ho!, 1792. Etching, hand-colored.

Hanging of Bernardo Baroncelli - Florence, Italy - Leonardo da Vinci, 1479

Portrait of a girl, sitting with a range, draughtsman: Anthony Oberman, 17-May-1804, paper, brush, h 346 mm × w 267 mm

Madame La Duchesse de Mortemart. Dimensions: overall: 31.5 x 20.9 cm (12 3/8 x 8 1/4 in.). Medium: watercolor with gray wash and touches of gouache over red and black chalks on wove paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Carmontelle.

Portrait of a distinguished woman, Jacob de Gheyn (II), 1575 - 1625, Portrait of a distinguished woman, possibly Louise Juliana van Nassau (1576-1644). Slightly turned to the left, looking at the viewer. Kneepiece. In right hand, a cane fan of ostrich feathers., draughtsman: Jacob de Gheyn (II), 1575 - 1625, paper, pen, h 145 mm × w 135 mm

A Bundle of Straw, William O'Keefe, active 1794-1807, 1795, Etching, hand-colored, Sheet: 11 3/4 x 9in. (29.8 x 22.9cm)

Woman holding a basket of flowers sitting in a garden. Demarteau, Gilles (1722-1776), graphic artist, Le Prince, Jean-Baptiste (1734-1781), draughtsman, cartoonist

Portrait of a distinguished woman. Draughtsman: Jacob de Gheyn (II). Dating: 1575 - 1625. Measurements: h 145 mm × w 135 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Young Woman Holding a Mask 1725 After a painting by Jean-Baptiste Santerre French. Young Woman Holding a Mask 222312

Figurehead. Dated: 1935/1942. Dimensions: overall: 40.6 x 28.8 cm (16 x 11 5/16 in.). Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: John Sullivan.

Eugénie, Empress of France, Queen of Clubs from Set of 'Jeu Imperial-Second Empire-Napoleon III' Playing Cards, F. Chardon, French, active 19th c., Lithograph on glazed paper, Eugénie, Empress of France, Queen of Clubs from Set of 'Jeu Imperial-Second Empire-Napoleon III' Playing Cards., Paris, France, 1858, Playing Card, Playing Card

The maidservant to the marriage proposal of Reinier Adriaansz. Draughtsman: Jacob van Strij. After Cornelis Troost. Dating: 1766 - 1815. Measurements: h 202 mm × w 152 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Heberle, Therese .

Lady Hallett, 1900. Samuel Arlent-Edwards (American, 1862-1938), after Thomas Gainsborough (British, 1727-1788). Mezzotint;

Court Train. Dated: 1935/1942. Dimensions: overall: 49 x 36.3 cm (19 5/16 x 14 5/16 in.). Medium: watercolor, graphite, and gold paint on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Jessie M. Benge.

Mary Warner. Heinrich Kühn (Austrian, born Germany, 1866 - 1944)

Doll - "Symphronia". Dated: c. 1937. Dimensions: overall: 51.3 x 34.1 cm (20 3/16 x 13 7/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 20" high. Medium: watercolor, graphite, and gouache on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Eugene Croe.

Le Caracul (L'Astrakhan). Artist: Pierre-Louis Pierson (French, 1822-1913). Date: 1860s. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Aglaé. Sulpice-Guillaume Chevalier called Paul Gavarni (France, Paris, 1804-1866). France, circa 1859-1860. Drawings. Watercolor

The modern circus.

A young woman, wearing an apron and a cap, holding a lamp to light the shelf as she takes down a book. Mezzotint by P. Dawe after J. Foldsone.

De Kleine Memadoiselle Poupon, as Parisian Schone, ca. 1710, 1705 - 1715 The little man Mademoiselle Poupon, as Parisian. In the caption under the title a four -line verse in German. Numbered at the top right: 19. Part of a loose -leaf edition from around 1710 of a series of caricatures of small people, known as the dwarf tone. Augsburg paper etching / engraving The little man Mademoiselle Poupon, as Parisian. In the caption under the title a four -line verse in German. Numbered at the top right: 19. Part of a loose -leaf edition from around 1710 of a series of caricatures of small people, known as the dwarf tone. Augsburg paper etching / engraving

Cinderella's sister. Ruszczyc, Ferdynand (1870-1936), draughtsman, cartoonist

Geraud Vidal after Marguerite Gérard, Le triomphe de Minette Le triomphe de Minette

Paris Almanac, 1897: Spring, 1897. Auguste Louis Lepère (French, 1849-1918). Wood engraving;

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