Prints from Florilegius

Plate 20. Paris Marchande de Plaisir An itinerant tradeswoman offering a paper cone full of sweet pastries known as plaisirs. She wears a lace bonnet, ruff collar, white spencer, scarlet apron and blue skirts. One of a suite of elegant costumes of Parisian female workers and tradeswomen of the 1820s It's likely that Lanté drew these women in the streets and stores of… Ler mais sobre este item

Plate 12. Paris Bonne A nanny or maid to a respectable family. She wears her hair up in a black net, red shawl, long green dress and white apron. One of a suite of elegant costumes of Parisian female workers and tradeswomen of the 1820s It's likely that Lanté drew these women in the streets and stores of Paris as they went about… Ler mais sobre este item

Plate 1. Paris Petit Bourgeoise A Parisienne of the new middle classes. She wears a lace bonnet, ruff collar, check shawl, long mustard coat and carries an umbrella. One of a suite of elegant costumes of Parisian female workers and tradeswomen of the 1820s It's likely that Lanté drew these women in the streets and stores of Paris as they went about their According… Ler mais sobre este item

Plate 8. Paris Lingere A dressmaker and cloth merchant makes a delivery of several boxes and packages. She wears a lace bonnet, multiple lace ruff collars and wears a long blue satin dress. One of a suite of elegant costumes of Parisian female workers and tradeswomen of the 1820s It's likely that Lanté drew these women in the streets and stores of Paris… Ler mais sobre este item

Plate 29. Costume des environs de Dieppe Charming fashion copperplate of a woman of Dieppe in her Sunday Best, seated on a bench reading an almanach. From Pierre de la Mésangère's suite of plates Costumes des Femmes du Pays de Caux, Paris, 1827. The fashion plates engraved by Georges-Jacques Gatine after original watercolours by Louis-Marie Lanté and Benoit Pécheux The women of the region… Ler mais sobre este item

Plate 22. Blanchisseuse de Linge fin a Rouen Charming fashion copperplate of a fine-lace laundry-woman of Rouen in her Sunday Best. From Pierre de la Mésangère's suite of plates Costumes des Femmes du Pays de Caux, Paris, 1827. The fashion plates engraved by Georges-Jacques Gatine after original watercolours by Louis-Marie Lanté and Benoit Pécheux The women of the region famously wore tall lace bonnets… Ler mais sobre este item

Plate 24. Bouquetière sur la place de la Cathedrale a Rouen Charming fashion copperplate of a flower seller in the square at Rouen Cathedral. She wears a tall lace bonnet, long red shawl, and holds a bouquet of flowers. From Pierre de la Mésangère's suite of plates Costumes des Femmes du Pays de Caux, Paris, 1827. The fashion plates engraved by Georges-Jacques Gatine… Ler mais sobre este item

Plate 10. Cauchoise Charming fashion copperplate of a woman in her Sunday Best seaed on a stone wall. She wears a tall conical hat trimmed with lace, ruff collar, and simple black dress with puff sleeves. From Pierre de la Mésangère's suite of plates Costumes des Femmes du Pays de Caux, Paris, 1827. The fashion plates engraved by Georges-Jacques Gatine after original watercolours… Ler mais sobre este item

Plate 28. Costume de Saint Lo Charming fashion copperplate of a woman of Saint Lo in her Sunday Best wearing a tall lace bonnet, check shawl and red dress. From Pierre de la Mésangère's suite of plates Costumes des Femmes du Pays de Caux, Paris, 1827. The fashion plates engraved by Georges-Jacques Gatine after original watercolours by Louis-Marie Lanté and Benoit Pécheux The women… Ler mais sobre este item

Plate 17. Costume dessiné a la foire de St. Gorgon près de Rouen. Charming fashion copperplate of a woman in her Sunday Best attending the Fair at St. Gorgon near Rouen. She wears a tall bonnet trimmed with lace, long gloves and holds ridicule or drawstring bag. From Pierre de la Mésangère's suite of plates Costumes des Femmes du Pays de Caux,… Ler mais sobre este item

Plate 28. Costume des environs de Dieppe Charming fashion copperplate of a Dieppe woman in her Sunday Best wearing a tall bonnet with lace drapes, holding a bouquet of roses. From Pierre de la Mésangère's suite of plates Costumes des Femmes du Pays de Caux, Paris, 1827. The fashion plates engraved by Georges-Jacques Gatine after original watercolours by Louis-Marie Lanté and Benoit Pécheux The… Ler mais sobre este item

Plate 39. Costume de Bolbec Charming fashion copperplate of a woman of Bolbec leaning on a chair reading an almanach. The rear view shows the cascade of lace frills descending from her tall bonnet. From Pierre de la Mésangère's suite of plates Costumes des Femmes du Pays de Caux, Paris, 1827. The fashion plates engraved by Georges-Jacques Gatine after original watercolours by Louis-Marie… Ler mais sobre este item

Plate 20. Enfans des environs de Rouen Charming fashion copperplate of two girls from near Rouen in tall lace bonnets and their Sunday best. From Pierre de la Mésangère's suite of plates Costumes des Femmes du Pays de Caux, Paris, 1827. The fashion plates engraved by Georges-Jacques Gatine after original watercolours by Louis-Marie Lanté and Benoit Pécheux The women of the region famously wore… Ler mais sobre este item

Rare print of Maori men with facial tattoos Two heads of Maori men with tamoko or moko facial tattoos, New Zealand. Vignette of Maori family with man holding a taiaha club, woman with carved club, and girl holding a fish. Title "Homme: Race mongolique" Handcoloured steel engraving by Pedretti after an illustration by de Saimon from Felix-Edouard Guerin-Meneville's Dictionnaire Pittoresque d'Histoire Naturelle (Picturesque Dictionary… Ler mais sobre este item

Ornamental Tattoos from a German encyclopedia, 1885 African woman 1 Hitiri Te Paerata, Maori chief of Ngati Raukawa (1828-1909), New Zealand 2 King Tawhiao, the second king of the Maoris (1822-1894), New Zealand 3 body tattoos of a Caroline Islander in loincloth (New Guinea) 4 hand tattoo 5 and foot tattoo 6 of a Dayak (Borneo) Japanese man with full-body irezumi wearing a fundoshi loincloth 7. Negerin… Ler mais sobre este item

Signora Giovanna Baccelli in Louis Simonet's ballet "Les Amans Surpris." The Italian ballerina danced the role at the King's Theatre, 1786. Copperplate engraving by J. Thornthwaite after an illustration by James Roberts from Bell's British Theatre, Consisting of the most esteemed English Plays, John Bell, London, May 15, 1781. Page size 21.5 x 14cm, plate size 17.5 x 11.5cm Strong impression… Ler mais sobre este item

Monsr. Vestris Junior in the ballet "Les Amans Surpris," 1781. He wears a plumed hat, beribboned coat, breeches and stockings, and holds out a garland of flowers. Auguste Vestris (1760-1842), illegitimate son of dancers Gaetan Vestris and Marie Allard, made his stage debut in 1772. He made his London debut in the serious ballet "Les Amans Surpris," dancing with Giovanna Baccelli,… Ler mais sobre este item

Madame Adelaide Simonet in the character of Princess Ninette in Gaetan Vestris's Grand Ballet called "Ninette a la Cour," King's Theatre, 1781. The Italian ballerina Adelaide de Camp married the dancer Louis Simonet and accompanied him to England in the 1770s. Copperplate engraving by J. Thornthwaite after an illustration by James Roberts from Bell's British Theatre, Consisting of the most… Ler mais sobre este item

Signor Gaetan Vestris senior, 1729 – 1808, Italian-born ballet dancer and dancing master. Depicted in the character of the Prince in the grand pantomime ballet called "Ninette a la Cour." In tall plumed hat, luxurious cape, doublet and hose. Copperplate engraving by J. Thornthwaite after an illustration by James Roberts in Bell's British Theatre, London, April 9, 1781. Page size 21.5… Ler mais sobre este item

Suite of 68 (of 69) copperplate engravings from the first edition of the Charles Jarvis (sic) translation, 1742. Irish portrait painter Charles Jervas (1675-1739) is probably best known for his translation of Cervantes' seminal picaresque novel which appeared after the death of both translator (Jervas) and artist (Vanderbank). Crisp impressions of John Vanderbank's spirited illustrations, engraved by Gerard Vandergucht, George Vertue… Ler mais sobre este item