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Japan - Geisha - See no evil, Hear no evil, speak no evilJapan - Three Geisha girls - miming the phrase See no evil, Hear no evil, speak no evil. Date: circa 1904
Cora Pearl, CourtesanCORA PEARL (1835 - 1886) born ELIZA EMMA CROUCH Victorian courtesan operating mostly in France; mistress of Prince Napoleon; seen here seated sidesaddle on toy horse Date: circa 1870
Paris, France - Champs-Elysees, The Paiva Mansion. Date: 1902
Japanese Geisha - Traditional flower arranging. Date: circa 1904
Japan - Geisha Girl bows to a samurai warrior - New Year Ceremony Date: circa 1910s
Massenet / Thais / FirstSybil Sanderson and Charles Delmas in the first production of this opera which tells of an Egyptian courtesan who converts to religion and dies as a desert hermit
Agnes WilloughbyAGNES WILLOUGHBY aka MRS WINDHAM Victorian courtesan
Catherine WaltersCATHERINE OR CLARA WALTERS, aka SKITTLES Victorian courtesan who was a lover of the marquess of Hartington, later the 8th Duke of Devonshire
Prostitute / Cora PearlCora Pearl, alias Emma Crouch, courtesan
John, Duke of Berrys household exchanging New Year gifts. The Duke is seated at the right, in blue. Tres Riches Heures du Duc de Berry. 15th century. Miniature. Chateau de Chantilly. France
Profile portrait of a smiling Japanese Geisha girl. Date: circa 1906
Japanese Geisha playing a Traditional ShamisenJapanese Geisha in her home playing a Traditional Shamisen Date: circa 1904
Japanese Geisha Girl dressed in her KimonoO-Hana-san dresses to pay a visit - a Japanese Geisha Girl is aided by a male servant to dress in her Kimono. Date: circa 1906
Garden Scene, Japan - Geisha - Posed on a small stone bridge Date: circa 1905
Mabel Grey, CourtesanMABEL GREY Victorian courtesan
Carolina Otero - Spanish Actress and DancerCarolina La Belle Otero (1868-1965) - Spanish Actress, Dancer and courtesan. Date: 1908
The Bird of Paradise and Colonel Witwou'd, - actress and courtesan Gertrude Mahon (nee Tilson) and George Bodens, Gentleman Usher to the King Date: 1781
Sada Yacco, La Belle Otero and Le BargyA selection of three caricature sketches, including a portrait of Japanese geisha, actress and dancer, Sada Yacco, 1871-1946, a side profile study of Agustina del Carmen Otero Iglesias
Cora Pearl, English courtesan in FranceCora Pearl (Eliza Emma Crouch, 1836-1886), English courtesan in France. Date: circa 1860s
Marguerite Bellanger, French actress and courtesanMarguerite Bellanger (1838-1886), French stage actress and courtesan, mistress of Napoleon III, seen here in evening dress. Date: circa 1860s
Mlle Lantelme, actress drowned in the RhineMlle Genevieve Lantelme, actress (1883-1911), theatrical portraits, captioned France's most lovely actress, drowned in the Rhine'
MASSENET/THAIS/SANDERSONSybil Sanderson takes the title role in this story of the Egyptian courtesan who converts to religion and dies as a desert hermit. Date: first performed 1894
MASSENET/THAIS/CARDShe is an Egyptian courtesan who converts to religion and dies as a desert hermit, rejecting the sensual love offered by Athanael. Date: first performed 1894
Mary Garden (1874 - 1967), in the title role of the Egyptian courtesan who converts to religion and dies as a desert hermit. Date: first performed 1894
MASSENET/THAIS/CAVALIERILina Cavalieri in the title role of the Egyptian courtesan who converts to religion and dies as a desert hermit. Date: first performed 1894
Portrait of Mata Hari at the height of her fame Date: 1929
Japanese oiran and samurai. Japanese courtesan in kimono with fan and hair ornaments, and two Japanese samurai in chonmage hairstyle wearing montsuki over hakama with two swords (katana)
French fashions and English uniforms, 1815. Two French courtesans in white frilled dresses are approached by English soldiers, dragoons and hussars
Ninon de l Enclos, French author, courtesan and salon hostess, 1615-1705. She wears her hair loose in ringlets, a low-cut mantua dress with bodice and skirt in green velvet decorated with bows
Marion de Lorme, lover of the poet Desbarreaux, 1613-1650Marion de Lorme, salon hostess, courtesan, lover of the poet Des Barreaux and Cardinal Richelieu, 1613-1650. She wears her hair loose in ringlets, a pearl necklace
Ninon de Lenclos 1620-1705, French authorNinon de Lenclos or Anne Ninon de l Enclos, 1616-1705, French author, courtesan and patron of the young Moliere and Voltaire
Cite des Bleuets where Cora Pearl lived, Paris, FranceCite des Bleuets, Paris, France (11th arrondissement), where the courtesan Cora Pearl lived, seen here around the time it was about to be demolished. circa 1920s
Ninon de L Enclos or Ninon de Lanclos, French authorAnne (Ninon) de L Enclos or Ninon de Lanclos (1620-1705), French author, courtesan, freethinker, and patron of the arts. 17th century
Hassan I (1836-1894). Sultan of Morocco (1873-1894). Hassan I on horseback. Nineteenth-century colored engraving
MONTES, MarDolores Elisa Gilbert, called LolaMONTES, Maric Dolores Elisa Gilbert, called Lola (1818-1861). Irish dancer and actress who became famous as a Spanish dancer, courtesan and mistress of King Ludwig I of Bavaria. El Museo Universal
Mabel Grey, Victorian courtesanMabel Grey (real name Annie King), Victorian courtesan in London, late 1860s to early 1870s. Date: circa late 1860s
Oiran and attendants (high class courtesan) Japan
Japan - Young Japanese Girl holding cherry blossom frond Date: circa 1903
Japan - Geisha Girl - studio pose holding fan behind her head. Date: circa 1906
Madame Pompadour (1721-1764). Portrait by Francois Boucher (Francois Boucher (1703-1770). French painter. Madame Pompadour, 1758. Detail. Alte Pinakothek. Munich. Germany
Madame de Pompadour at her Tambour Frame, 1763-1764. By theMadame de Pompadour (Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson, Marquise de Pompadour) (1721-1764). French courtesan, a favorite of King Louis XV. Madame de Pompadour at her Tambour Frame, 1763-1764
Marion DelormeMARION DELORME French courtesan, friendly with Cinq-Mars and other notables of the day. Date: 1613 - 1650
Cora Pearl PhotoCORA PEARL (born Eliza Emma Crouch) - English-born courtesan whose convent-school upbringing led to a brilliant career as the queen of the Paris demi-monde : in 1867. Date: 1835 - 1886
A Japanese Geisha girl - classical portrait photograph wearing a beautifully-decorated silk kimono. Date: 1910s
Garden Scene - Geisha - Japan - Blind Mans BuffGarden Scene - Geisha - Japan - Four Geisha Girls playing a game (similar to Blind Mans Buff?) Date: circa 1905
Japan - Geisha Girls kneels at her low writing table to finish a letter Date: circa 1904
The Courtesan Somenosuke of Matsuba-ya
Madame Mata-Hari dancing at the Musee GuimetMata Hari, a Malay name meaning eye of the day was the stage name of Margaretha Zelle, a Dutch exotic dancer and courtesan