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Marie Anne Cuppi, Mlle. La Camargo, famous ballet dancer, 1710-1770. She wears a small cap, ruff collar, dress with laced bodice, lace sleeves tied with ribbons
Gabrielle d Estrees, mistress of King HenryGabrielle d Estrees, Marchioness of Monceaux, mistress of King Henry IV of France, 1571-1599. She wears her blonde hair tied in a pearl lattice, three-tier lace ruff collar
Renee de Rieux, La Belle Chateauneuf, mistressRenee de Rieux-Chateauneuf, La Belle Chateauneuf, mistress of King Henry III, 1550-158?. She wears a chaperon with peak, black velvet dress with shoulderpads, lace ruff collar, green sleeves
Marie Touchet, mistress of King Charles IX of France, 1549-1638. Daughter of an apothecary. She wears a bonnet on top of a chaperon, a ruff collar
Elisabeth of Valois, daughter of King HenryElisabeth of Valois, wife of King Philip II of Spain, daughter of King Henry II of France, 1545-1568. She wears a jeweled cap, lace ruff collar, and rich
Catherine de Medici, Queen of France, wife of King Henry II, 1519-1589. She wears a jeweled cap, lace ruff collar, surtout with high shoulder pads
Anne of Pisseleu, Duchess of Etampes, mistress of King Francis I, 1508-1580. She wears a chaperon headdress, velvet surtout with lace ruff collar, jeweled choker
Margaret of France, Duchess of Berry, 1523-1574Margaret of France, Duchess of Berry, daughter of King Francis I, 1523-1574. She wears a velvet cap, velvet dress with tight bodice, ruff collar, slashed sleeves, scarlet petticoat
Marguerite de Navarre, sister of King Francis I, 1492-1549. (Titled Margurite de Valois in error.) She wears a cap of ribbons decorated with jewels and pearls
Catherine de Medicis, queen of Henry II of France, 1519-1589. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Edward Hargrave from The Ladys Magazine and Museum of the Belles Lettres, Fine Arts, Drama
King Rudolph II, 1552-1612, Holy Roman Emperor, King of Bohemia, Archduke of Austria. In lace ruff, plate armour decorated with gold, slashed padded hose and chainmail socks
City ironsmith Niklas Ruhl and his wife standingCity burgher and ironsmith Niklas Ruhl and his wife standing beside his coat of arms. From an Aschaffenburg Guild Book. He holds a golden lily, and she a rose
Noblewoman from Naples and bourgeois woman of Rome, late 16th century. From miniature paintings in the Stammbuch (Friendship Book) of Andreas Heidenreich von Pidenegg
Festive costume of Conrad Pistor of the Kremer Guild, 1588Festive costume of Conrad Pistor of the Kremer Guild in 1588, with his coat of arms with ploughshare, indicating blacksmith. From an Aschaffenburg guild book
French fashions, and German bride and groomMan and woman in French fashions from Paris A, and German bride C and groom D in wedding crowns of Nuremburg, late 16th century
Fashions of French and English men, 16th centuryFrench man in wide-brim hat and cape A, English man with short doublet, hose, sword and shield B, and round targe or shield C, D, late 16th century
Costume of a noble woman from a colour pen drawing, 1574Costume of a noble woman from a colour pen drawing by a German master with monogram DM, 1574. Chromolithograph from Hefner-Altenecks Costumes
A Yeoman of the Guard attending Queen Elizabeth I on a Progress. Copperplate engraving by N.C. Goodnight from Francis Groses Military Antiquities respecting a History of the English Army, Stockdale
Langsdorffs hummingbirdsLangsdorffs crested hummingbird with nuchal ruff 1, and Langsdorffs hummingbird with ultra-marine nuchal ruff 2. Handcoloured engraving by Griffith, Harriet or Edward
French musketeer, 1586Musketeer, 1586, reign of King Henri III of France. Drawn and lithographed by Alexandre Massard after a portrait in Roger de Gaignieres gallery portfolio IX 154 from Le Bibliophile Jacob aka Paul
King Charles IX of France in ceremonial robes. Handcoloured lithograph after a portrait in Roger de Gaignieres gallery (portfolio IX 7 bis)
Zoo Animals Up To Date on Cycles - Hippo on Penny FarthingZoo Animals Up To Date on Cycles - Hippo on a Penny Farthing. 1892
Monumental Brass Rubbing, Elizabeth Parker, Radwell, Hertfordshire. 1603
Lady Mary Ashley Cooper in Jacobean costume Lady Mary Ashley-Cooper (1902-1936)Lady Mary Ashley-Cooper (1902-1936), later Lady Alington, eldest daughter of the Earl and Countess of Shaftesbury. Pictured in the costume she wore at the Hatfield Pageant
Poster, Circus Clown
Poster, Pierrot and woman dancingTheatre poster, Pierrot and woman dancing
Swiss bride and groom in costume, Lucerne. Date: circa 1800
Two Swiss women and a man in costume - young middle class man and woman, with a bride in the middle. Date: circa 1650
Noble German couple in costume. Date: circa 1650
Italian man and woman from Venice - senator and noblewoman. Date: circa 1560
Two Italian women in costume, from Florence and Padua. Date: circa 1560
Italian man and three women, from Venice, Milan and Florence. Date: 1583
Label, Vieux Genievre de GrainFrench Drinks Bottle Label, Vieux Genievre de Grain (Old Juniper, Jenever, Dutch Gin), Le Collet Blanc
Venetian Military Book Plate. circa 17th century
Alexander Farnese, Duke of ParmaAlexander Farnese (1545-1592), Duke of Parma, Piacenza and Castro, and Governor of the Spanish Netherlands. 16th century
Ancient English Dress - 16th centuryAncient English Dress - Nobleman 1557, London Merchant 1588, Gentleman 1590. 16th century
Sarah Bernhardt in Les Bouffons (The Clowns) by Miguel Zamacois. Date: 1907
Indoor costumes for 1874Fashionable ladies wearing two tone jacket bodices and skirts. Date: 1874
Queen Elizabeth I (1533 - 1603), Queen of England and Ireland, reigned (1558 - 1603)
Clown with banjo on a Victorian scrapClown with a banjo on a Victorian scrap. Date: circa 1890s
Dress of the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, 1558-1603.. She wears a high lace ruff and cuffs, elaborately jeweled bodice, belt and headdress. Stubbs, Stow, portrait at Henham, described by Miss
Chocolate box design, lady in carnival costumeChocolate box design, featuring a lady in a black and red carnival costume with balloons. Date: 20th century
STANDARD BEARER 16TH CA standard bearer with ruff and jerkin with puffed sleeves carries a magnificent flag Date: 1587
Morning Dress circa 1810White muslin dress with high stand collar & single ruff worn with a pale green spencer with collar & lapels, matching boots, a lace cap & a small hat. Her parasol is tiny. Date: circa 1810
AUX TROIS QUARTIERS 1909Ladies in fashionable hobble skirts, one wears a coatee or spencer with Directoire collar & lapels & a blouse with a ruff. She also wears a large hat not unlike a Lunardi. Date: 1909
Costume - Diabolo 1817Man: blue coat with gold buttons, lapels & split cuffs; light coloured pantaloons (trousers). Woman: white muslin dress with ruff, hem decorated with lace & rouleaux Date: 1817
Costume - Women 1816Staw bonnet with a high crown, white percale robe with tucks on the cuffs, bodice & hem possibly worn over a chemisette & with an embroidered ruff. Date: 1816
Portrait of an unknown woman, oil on panel, thought to be by Cornelius Johnson, c.1620, in a carved and gilded frame. Date: c.1620