paintingispoetry:

Konstantin Makovsky, Portrait of Maria Fyodorovna Detail, 19th century

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monsieurleprince:

Léon Pascal Glain (1723-1787) - Portrait of Harriot Walter, Vicountess of Grimston, 1769

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yeoldefashion:

A gorgeous cotton dress for a two or three year old girl, 1874.

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19thcentury:

Gretchen. Sitter is unknown woman

Taken by Julia Margaret Cameron

1870-74

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vivelareine:

Versailles interior, taken during a visit from Queen Victoria in 1857.

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vivelareine:

A 1737 commode made with 17th century Japanese lacquer, from the cabinet de retraite of Marie Lecsinska at Fontainebleau. Today it sits in the boudoir of Marie Antoinette.

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gorimbaud:

cora pearl (born emma crouch in 1835) was at her time the most famous courtesan in paris. she may not have been the most conventional beauty, but she charmed men with her daring sexuality, enviable body, wit and lust for life. there are many stories about cora, some probably true and some not: it has been told she used to bathe in expensive champagne, once had herself served naked on a silver plate at a fancy dinner and dyed her hair red, pink and golden - and her dog’s hair to match hers.

“I have never deceived anybody because I have never belonged to anybody. My independence was all my fortune, and I have known no other happiness.”

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