19th Century

labelleotero:

English courtesan Catherine “Skittles” Walters.  She was literally stitched into her riding habits for the tightest fit posible.

Lady in the Garden

-Paul Peel, 1889

poboh:

A Walk in the Woods, Edvard Frederik Petersen. Danish (1841 -1911)

(via my-ear-trumpet)

calantheandthenightingale:

The Flower Seller by Alexei Alexeivich Harlamoff (1848 - 1915)

calantheandthenightingale:

The Flower Girls by Alexei Alexeivich Harlamoff (1848 - 1915)

calantheandthenightingale:

Auburn Haired Beauty with a Bouquet of Roses by Alexei Alexeivich Harlamoff (1848 - 1915)

Abbot Handerson Thayer - A Pensive Woman

bookshistoryandmore:

Portrait de Mlle brissac -William Adolphe Bouguereau-1863

calantheandthenightingale:

A Maid Among the Flowers by Daniel Ridgway Knight (1839 - 1924)