A group of girls in the park, Spain, circa 1880
In a Barcelona neoclassical park setting, a young woman and six girls play jump rope. Spain in the 1880s enjoyed economic prosperity after the Restoration of the Spanish Crown (1875), and these girls...
View ArticleFamily costume party, Winter 1901
A family costume party is the theme for this illustration in the February, 1901 edition of La Mode Illustrée. Although they represent a family of the early twentieth-century, the man, his wife, their...
View ArticleGirls playing croquet at the seaside, circa 1880
Playing croquet by the seaside, a woman and six girls model their fashions for El Salon de la Moda. The first girl on the left wears an outfit of tan and brown. Her drop-waisted dress gives the...
View ArticleYoung ladies' and girls' outfits, Winter 1888
A group of ten young women and girls gather to model their English fashions for The Young Ladies' Journal of February 1888. Six of the models display coats, hats, and outerwear to brave the winter...
View ArticleSisters and brothers, 1873
Sitting together in a garden is a family of five children. The youngest boy on the left wears a gray outfit in a masculine style. His skirt is a kilt, pleated on the sides and back. Over this he wears...
View ArticleFrench children, 1888
Six adolescents and girls, and one boy, stand by a fountain in a park in their French fashions for 1888. The first girl on the left wears a deep blue dress with dark blue velvet-trimmed cuffs over a...
View ArticleSpanish fashions for a family, Winter 1890
Against the backdrop of a large family home and a stone balustrade, a mother and her five children in winter fashions for December 1890 show concern for the youngest girl who is crying. The first girl...
View ArticleFamily party, France, Winter 1903
A mother and eight children display their Parisian fashions for December, 1903, while they gather for a party. The figure of the mother divides the composition in half with four younger children on her...
View ArticleTwo French girls in summer outfits, 1914
A serene river walk in the countryside provides the setting for two French girls in 1914. One child sits on a donkey and the second child reaches out to pick up the donkey's lead. The child on the left...
View ArticleFrench girl with a jump rope, 1913
Summer at the seashore is the setting for this view of a French fashion suitable for girls aged six to eight years old. Shown in mid-air while jumping rope is a girl dressed in a white dress with...
View ArticleThree French children, 1914
Three young children, two girls, and a boy with a dog stand out of doors by a fence while they model their morning fashions for 1914. The little boy on the left wears a short charcoal gray coat and...
View ArticleYoung French girl with a rose, 1914
A young girl walks with a red rose in one hand and her hat in the other while she casts a sullen look over her shoulder. She wears a light blue, two-piece outfit of a short skirt and tunic top. The...
View ArticleA French woman and two children, 1914
A mother and her two children model their Parisian fashions for 1914. The mother wears a long, sleeveless beige dress in silk crèpe de chine, with loose folds falling from its white jewel neckline. The...
View ArticleRegency gentleman, Winter 1806
A man stands against a simple shaded background. He wears a white shirt with a high shirt points and a ruffle at the front, a white cravat, and a white waistcoat. His dark blue green double-breasted...
View ArticleTwo French gentleman, 1831
Two views, front and back, are shown of a gentleman's outfit in this illustration for the Petit Courrier des Dames of 1831. The cut away coat on the left is a dark hunter green with wide lapels and a...
View ArticleTwo French gentlemen, 1829
two views, front and back, of Parisian men's fashions are displayed in this illustration for Petit Courrier des Dames. The more distant gentleman on the left wears a white shirt and very tall cravat,...
View ArticleBritish gentleman in full dress, Spring 1810
A young man sits in an Empire style chair wearing full dress attire for a British gentlemen in 1810. He wears a white shirt and a white waistcoat with a tall, standing collar. His white cravat is tied...
View ArticleFrench overcoats, circa 1818
Central to this illustration for Petit Courrier des Dames is an overcoat for men, circa 1818, France. Shown from the back, this dark blue overcoat has tucks at the back waist falling in loose folds to...
View ArticleTwo French gentlemen, 1831
Two gentlemen display their French outfits for 1831. The gentleman on the left wears a black double breasted redingote, buttoned tightly to emphasize his slim waist. The lapels are notched and the...
View ArticleFather and son, Paris, 1829
A man and his son wear Parisian fashions in a plate from the Petit Courrier des Dames magazine. The man wears tan trousers, a white shirt and waistcoat, and a blue tailcoat. His white shirt has a...
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