Nobleman Gallery

Captioned Marquess of Queensbury, John Sholto Douglas

Vintage 19th century photograph: captioned on the back as Marquess of Queensbury. John Sholto Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry (20 July 1844 - 31 January 1900), was a Scottish nobleman, remembered for his atheism, his outspoken views, his brutish manner, for lending his name to the "Queensberry Rules" that form the basis of modern boxing, and for his role in the downfall of the Irish author and playwright Oscar Wilde. Carte de visite portrait c.1860, making the sitter around 16, which would appear correct

Wife kissing a young man behind her husband's back

Wife kissing a young man behind her husband's back. German fashions of the late 15th century. From a color illustration by a German master in Berlin Print Room, Kupferstichkabinet. 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 C. Regnier. Dr. Hefner-Alteneck (1811 - 1903) was a German museum curator, archaeologist, art historian, illustrator and etcher

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Damoiseau, son of a nobleman or gentleman, 15th century

Damoiseau, son of a nobleman or gentleman, 15th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Leopold Massard after a figure in the manuscript Chroniques de Monstrelet in Roger de Gaignieres portfolio VI 10 from Le Bibliophile Jacob aka Paul Lacroix's Costumes Historiques de la France (Historical Costumes of France), Administration de Librairie, Paris, 1852. Date:

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