The men depicted in this plate wear relatively tight, dark-colored trousers, as was fashionable in the Romantic Period. Their coats are high waisted. According to …
The seated women wear dresses that are fairly sumptuous and expose the shoulders. They both wear shawl berthas wrapped around their shoulders and their hair …
This scene depicts Russian soldiers in Paris after the allied invasion of Paris following Napoleon's defeat in March 1814. The woman in the background is …
Title page plate. Gives a sampling of the different styles of women's dresses, hairstyles and accessories the reader will read about in detail throughout the …
The Empress Josephine Bonaparte relaxing in an elegant Tuileries salon, chatting with a courtier as her entourage of "coquettes" take turns playing the piano.
Several "coquettes of the First Empire" (1804-1815) look on as both foot-soldiers and mounted cavalry celebrate the instatement of Napoleon as the Emperor of France …
The Palais de l'industrie was constructed in the mid-1850's to house the Exposition of 1855 and for public, civil and military events. It was destroyed …
This plate depicts a scene in the Cabinet des Estampes or the section of the national library which houses the iconographic collections. The women wear …
The men depicted in this plate are wearing fashionable haut-de-formes (top-hats), fairly loose-fitting striped pants, and 'jacquettes' with wider wand lower waists. The woman in …
Conservative fashions under the Restoration. The women in the foreground wear dresses with long sleeves and high necklines, but two women in the background riding …
A typical summertime scene on the Boulevard de Gand during the July Monarchy (1830-1848): a fashionable couple makes their exit while other "femmes à la …
Colored wood-engraving by and after Leprince; equestrian military portraits of Allied rulers and generals, flags above and also 3 oval bust portraits of Lloyd George, …
The people depicted in this plate are observing the comet from a balcony typical of the kind of building constructed along Haussman's boulevards. The man …
