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Dressing Gown
c. 1840
Litchfield Historical Society

Agnes Strickland (detail) – John Hayes, 1846

Lithuanian Girl with Palm Sunday Fronds - Kanutas Ruseckas, 1844.
Lithuanian, 1800-1860
Oil on canvas, 45 x 34 cm.







Some of the earliest photos of Greece and Egypt in 1842 an 1843. See more here..

Bronze shot silk dress with bell shaped sleeves
c. 1849-1850
Chertsey Museum

for the purposes of this poll, we’re ignoring the figure in the center since that outfit isn’t super visible ☺️
submitted by @edwardian-girl-next-door 🩷🎀
Afternoon dress, British, c. 1848


The MET Museum

Court dress, Naples
c. 1848
Gros de Tours
Museo del Tessuto

Ladies' Cabinet, vol. 26, plate 7, July 1842. Morning visiting dress. Digital Collections of the Los Angeles Public Library.


‘𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐥’ 𝐥𝐮𝐜𝐢𝐟𝐞𝐫 / ‘𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐛𝐛𝐢𝐭’ 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐨 𝐛𝐚𝐠𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐬





JOAN OF ARC
1. Joan of Arc by John Everett Millais; 2. Jeanne d'arc écoutant les voix by François-Léon Benouville; 3. Joan of Arc by Dante Gabriel Rossetti; 4. Joan of Arc by William Blake Richmond; 5. Joan of Arc’s Death at the Stake by Hermann Anton.

Duchess Amelia of Württemberg (1847) by Karl Joseph Stieler. Schloss Altenburg.

The Ironworks of Borsig in Berlin (1847) by Karl Eduard Biermann. Märkisches Museum.

Princess Helena of the United Kingdom with her brother Prince Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Portrait by Franz Xaver Winterhalter (c. 1849). Royal Collection.

GEEFS, Guillaume The Genius of Evil 1848 Marble St. Paul's Cathedral, Liège