Category:19th Century

Lucienne Bréval: A French opera star (1869-1935)

Lucienne Bréval, French opera, LE THEATRE

Lucienne Bréval, an iconic soprano of French opera, was dazzling career in the 1890s with unforgettable performances

A Web of Summer Gossamer. A chapter on Bonnets.

Parisian, Chapeaux, Bonnets, gossamer, fabrics, fashion, hat,

A Web of Summer Gossamer (gossamer fabrics). Parisian Chapeaux in 1866.

Ōgiya (Teahouse) Garden Oji, Tōkiō, c1895.

Oji, 王子, Tea House, Tokio, Ōgiya, Garden, Tōkiō, Josiah Conder, Kazumasa Ogawa, Seibei Kajima

The Ogiya (扇屋) chaya (tea house) and garden at Oji (王子), Tokyo.

Japan. Tattooed postman, 19th c.

Japan, Tattooed, postman, Francis Brinkley,

The art of tattooing is carried to great perfection in Japan

A Hungarian aristocratic insurgent cavalry officer.

Hungarian, aristocratic, insurgent, cavalry, officer, costume, history,Pannonia

Insurgent cavalry officer. Pannonia’s inhabitants depicted in their traditional costumes

The King of Hungaria in his coronation robes. Equestrian portrait.

King, Hungaria, coronation, robes, Equestrian portrait, Pannonia, history, costumes ,

Pannonia’s inhabitants depicted in their traditional costumes, c. 1820.

The royal Hungarian heraldic coat of arms, c. 1820

royal, Hungarian, heraldic, coat, arms, costume, history,

Hungarian heraldic coat of arms. Pannonia’s inhabitants depicted in their traditional costumes.

Examples Floriated Ornament, by Augustus Pugin.

Ancient, Floriated, Ornament, Augustus Pugin, Gothic, decoration

Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin (1812-1852) is considered one of the most important representatives of the Gothic Revival.

Coral reef of the Red Sea at El Tor in the Sinai.

Sinai, Red sea, marine, animals, fishes, System, corals, Arabian, Family tree, Ernst Haeckel,

System of corals. Arabian corals. Family tree corals. Marine animals of the coral reef.

Arab tent camp near El Tor, Egypt in the Sinai.

Arab, tent, camp, El Tor, Egypt, Sinai, holy land, Ernst Haeckel,

Arabian corals: an excursion to the coral reefs of the Red Sea