Feminine Collection (page 5)

OLEFFE, Auguste (1867-1931). Young girl at the waters edge. 1899. Impressionism. Oil on canvas. BELGIUM. WALLONIA. HAINAUT. Tournai. Fine Arts Museum

Le Martyre de St. Sebastien. Ballet costumes
Ballet Le Martyre de Saint Sebastien, music by Claude Debussy and argument by Gabrielle d Annunzio. Costumes designed by Leon Bakst

BONNARD, Pierre. Portrait of Madame Reine
BONNARD, Pierre (1867-1947). Portrait of Madame Reine Natanson and Marthe Bonnard. 1928. Symbolism. Les Nabis. Oil on canvas. FRANCE. Ό E-DE-FRANCE. Paris

Paleochristian art
Gospel. 5th -6th c. Cover. Paleo-christian art. Sculpture on ivory. ITALY. EMILIA-ROMAGNA. Ravenna. National Museum of Ravenna

The Sunshine Girl by Raphael Kirchner
A pretty young woman in a yellow dress pictured among yellow flowers. 1918

Erasmic soap, WW1 advertisement
Advertisement for Erasmic soap, a popular brand during the first half of the 20th century, depicting a pretty young woman with flaming red hair contemplating her reflection in a hand mirror while

Hijras, transvestites of Southern Asia. They are physiological males who have a feminine gender identity. Date: circa 1890s

Zulieka, Potiphars wife (or Potifar), presents Joseph to the harem. Indo-Persian Art. Miniature Painting. ITALY. Turin. City Library

Test Match by David Wright - original gouache
Test Match by David Wright, featuring a seductive blonde wearing a pink strapless dress and a black picture hat. Date: 1946

Edwardian woman and man in hunting attire
A woman in typical Edwardian dress and hat, posing for her photo outside a house with a man in hunting attire. Date: early 20th century

Armpit Tattoos
The latest craze for feminine beauty is the tattooing of armpits with small flowers and butterflies. A daring young woman shows off the butterfly tattoo on her armpit. Date: 1929

China - Shanghai - Woman with bound feet reclining on divan. Foot binding was the custom of binding the feet of young girls painfully tight to prevent further growth

KRAMSKOI, Ivan Nikolaevich (1837-1887). Unknown woman. 1883. Detail. Oil on canvas. RUSSIA. Moscow. Tretyakov Gallery

Spain (19th c. ). Regency of Maria Christina of
Spain (19th c.). Regency of Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies. Fastuous celebration of the Spanish Courts. SPAIN. Madrid. Museo de Historia

Marco Polo in the Court of the Great Kublai Khan. Illustration from a painting by Tranquillo Cremona (1860). Engraving

Russia (19th c. ). Moscow. Litography
Russia (19th c.). Moscow. Litography

Ottoman Empire (19th c. ). Bazaar at Constantinople
Ottoman Empire (19th c.). Bazaar at Constantinople. Litography. FRANCE. Paris. Biblioth豵 e des Arts D飯 ratifs (Decorative Arts Library)

ISABELLA Clara Eugenia (1566-1633). Infanta of Spain, daughter of Philip II. Painting

De Lamiis et Pythonicis Mulieribus (Of Witches and Diviner Women, 1508). Work by Ulrich Molitor printed in Augsburg (Germany). Xylography

BULGARIA. Rila. Monastery of Saint John of Rila. Nativity Church. 19th c. Detail. Fresco

France (1830). Revolution of July in Paris. Barricade in Boulevard Saint Martin on August 1st. Litography. FRANCE. Paris. Mus饠 Carnavalet (Carnavalet Museum)

Piero di Cosimo, Pietro di Lorenzo, called (1462-1521). Portrait of Simonetta Vespucci. Renaissance art. Quattrocento. Florentine school. Tempera on wood. FRANCE. Chantilly

France. Industrial Revolution. Woman working in a textile engine. Drawing by C.Laplante. Engraving

HALS, Frans (1580-1666). Portrait of a woman, possibly Sara Wolphaerts van Diemen. ca. 1630 - 1635. Baroque art. Oil on canvas. NETHERLANDS. Amsterdam. Rijksmuseum

Bath of an Indian princess. Indian-Mongolian Art. Maliwa school. 1720. Hindu art. Miniature Painting. FRANCE. Paris. Marco Polo Gallery

SOROLLA, Joaqu�(1863-1923). Zarautz Beach
SOROLLA, Joaqu� (1863-1923). Zarautz Beach. 1910. Post-Impressionism. Oil on canvas

Dressing scene of a priestess. Roman art. Early Empire. Fresco. ITALY. Naples. National Museum of Archaeology. Proc: ITALY. Herculaneum

Esther before Ahasuerus. The banquet of Ahasuerus and the rejection of Vasthi. Flemish art. Tapestry. SPAIN. Zaragoza. La Seo Chapterhouse Tapestry Museum

ITALY. Pompeii. Villa of Mysteries. Beginning to the dionysion cult. 1st c. BC. Detail of the ritual of the cleanness. Roman art. Painting; Fresco

Mexico (19th c Tarasco Indians, inhabitants
Mexico (19th c.. Tarasco Indians, inhabitants of the state of Michoacan. Litography

French Revolution (1792). Assault on the Tuileries (August 10). Oil on canvas. FRANCE. Versailles. Palace of Versailles

RUNGE, Philipp Otto (1777-1810). The Great Morning. 1809-1810. Romanticism. Oil on canvas. GERMANY. Hamburg. Hamburger Kunsthalle

Prehistory. Upper Paleolithic. Cromagnon men got together around the fire in a cave

Diane de Poitiers, Duchesse de Valentinois (1499-1566). French lady, favourite of King Henri II. Renaissance art. Painting. FRANCE. Versailles. National Museum of Versailles

Empress Theodora with her court. ca. 547. ITALY. Ravenna. San Vitale. Detail. Early Byzantine art. Mosaic

Two Indian warriors. Hindu art. Miniature Painting

Viceroyalty of New Spain (18th c. ). Mexico City
Viceroyalty of New Spain (18th c.). Mexico City. Main Square. Detail. Colonial baroque. Painting. MEXICO. Mexico City. Chapultepec Castle

Montfort underwear advert by David Wright
Advertisement for Montfort Undies by the pin-up artist David Wright, with the tag line, Because I like nice things. Well, don t we all? Date: c.1947

Girl with Parasol by David Wright
An elegant lady seated on a garden bench under the shade of a parasol. Date: c. 1950

Princess Alexandra of Denmark (1844 - 1925), later Queen Alexandra, consort of King Edward VII, pictured around the time of her marriage to the Prince of Wales in 1863. Date: 1863

Adam, Eve & Fig-Tree
ADAM AND EVE TEMPTED Eve invites Adam to have a fig from the tree, while a very feminine-looking serpent watches

Picnic in a car at Brooklands
Two women enjoying a picnic from the backseat of a car at Brooklands, 1927. 1927

The Harem Skirt
Daring fashions for women in " The Sphere" magazine, 1927. The accompanying text scathingly declares that the Harem Skirt is " what we hope it will never be"

The Gartered Skirt
The gartered skirt, " the latest stunt costume", according to The Sphere magazine, which had the " merit of convenience, but the disadvantage of ugliness". 1927

A Flapper Girl
" A smart costume for sport from the centre of feminine fashion", presumably Paris. A highly modern outfit featured in an article in The Sphere

Susi - with suitcase of clothes
Susi - with a suitcase of clothes. 1950s

Les Elegances Parisiennes by Paquin -- a woman in a red and pink dress, looking down at her pet dog. 1916

Les Elegances Parisiennes by Cheruit, July 1916 -- two women in elegant, frilly dresses. 1916

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