19th century

Gaston de Latouche 1854-1913 Frankrijk

Beautiful Victorian stage actress Belle Archer looking heartbreakingly blue in this lovely photograph of her in her youth. #Victorian #19th_century #1800s #photograph #antique #vintage #woman #Belle_Archer #actress #stage

English school, dominant school of painting in England throughout the second half of the 18th century and the first half of the 19th. Its establishment marked the rise of a national tradition that began with the emergence of native artists whose works were no longer provincial but rivaled

If you think you take too much time to get ready in the morning, wait till you meet this young woman who dresses to impress in a very unusual way. Mila Povoroznyuk from Ukraine, who is known to her fans as your_sunny_flowers, has ditched all modern fashion trends to follow her own aesthetic that makes her look like she came back from the 19th century.

Do you know your art history? Tell us what 19th-century artist Ksenia Beloshevskaia's artwork is referencing. Visit her ArtStation portfolio for the answer

Fancy gentleman

Portrait of Princess Dagmar of Denmark, Maria Feodorovna of Russia 1865

Lady Clementina Hawarden's pictures of her daughters (including Isabella, left) from the 1860s are set to fetch £150,000 at auction. She used the entire first floor of her London home as a studio.

“On the Terrace, Rolleboise” is a unique images by Renoir, Meissonier friend and contemporary, expat plein-air painter Daniel Ridgway Knight, who spent most of his career in France. Demand for meticulous 19th century paintings remains strong with eager buyers for works unseen for a century or more.

Believe it or not, but prostitutes used to be a relatively well-respected profession—at least, you know, much more so than it is now. If you want to see the prostitution trade in its heyday—the 1860s—check out Copper, new episodes Sundays at 10/9c only on BBC America.

Bid in-person or online for the upcoming auction: 19th Century European & Orientalist Art on 21 May 2014 at London

That's what Paris looked like from between the 1850s and the late 1860s. Vue Prise du Pont Notre-Dame, Paris, 1851 Eglise Métropoli...

Olivia B. asks: Why do women always seem to be fainting in classic books? Dropping like flies (or at least as far as many stories indicate), it seems as if well-bred ladies in the 1800s struggled to maintain consciousness when faced with even the slightest emotional or physical shock. Over the years there have been several theories as to why [...]

Queen Isabella II of Spain (October 10, 1830 – April 10, 1904) and her sister Infanta Luisa Fernanda, Duchess of Montpensier (30 January 1832 – 2 February 1897) by Frederico de Madrazo, circa mid-19th century

19th Century Early. Collage of Women's Fashions.

Victorian ballroom dancing