John Singer Sargent, Madame Gautreau, 1884

Virginie Amélie Avegno Gautreau.

Howard Pyle, The Lady of Shalott by Alfred Tennyson, Part III, 1881

Toque 1914

Les Modes (Paris) January 1914

Mlle Jane Faber, de la Comédie-Française – Chapeau de Lewis

Toque de satin noir. Calotte bord en plumes d’autruche noires. Aigrette colonel avec un motif de jais au pied.

Two Geisha Having Tea

This is an unmounted hand-colored albumen print, taken sometime in the 1880s/90s.

GEISHA AND MAIKO RELAX DURING A MEAL in OLD JAPAN

Photo circa 1892-95 by T. ENAMI. Catalog No.702, "The Feast".

“I will soon make you almost as beautiful as I am myself.“  (Note the “Before and After” poster on the wall.)

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Evening and Day Dress for Women and Girls, September 1848.

Apperson Automobile Ad 1918

Luxite Hosiery Ad 1918.

Illustration by Coles Phillips

At the time, they were arresting women for wearing more than that at the beach.

LLUIS MASRIERA ROSÉS

Victorian gold brooch with a pearl.