FLO4673246: Ultragotha (Ultragothe), Queen of the Franks, wife to Childebert I, 6th century. She wears a crown over her long hair, a tunic with sleeves, a type of chlamys cape tied at the shoulder with laces, and wears an escarcelle (purse) hanging from her belt. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Leopold Massard from “” French Costumes from KingClovis to Our Days,”” Massard, Mifliez, Paris, 1834., Massard, Leopold (1812-1889) / Bridgeman Images
XEE4170707: Portrait of Cardinal Pietro Carafa or Caraffa or John Peter Caraffa future Pope Paul IV (Paolo IV 1476-1559) Engraving in “” History of the Popes (...) Crimes of the Queen King and Emperors through the centuries” by Maurice Lachatre, 1863., French School, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4594690: Dress (Dress) of the reign of James I and Charles I, 1603-1649. She wears a black hat, tall lace collar, necklace, black mantle over a green puff-sleeved dress with lace cuffs, and carries a peacock feather fan. Portrait of James I's daughter, Elizabeth, Queen of Bohemia, Speed's Map of England, Vansomer's portrait of the time. Handcoloured lithograph from “” Costumes of British Ladies from the Time of William the First to the Reign of Queen Victoria”, London, Dickinson and Son, 1840. / Bridgeman Images
TAD1745928: Jeanne de Saint Remi de Vallois (top) countess of La Motte Valois, daughter of an illegitime son of King HenriII, here in 1785 meeting for the first time Nicole Legay who will take the title of baroness of Oliva to gain admittance to parisian salons. her mission consisted in being taken for queen MarieAntoinette by cardinal prince deRohan and convince him to buy the necklace diamond of the Parisian jewellers Bohmer and Bassenge, engraving / Bridgeman Images
XEE4170660: Portraits of Horace (Orazio 1531-1553) and Octave Farnese Octave (Ottavio, 1521-1586), the grandsons of Pope Paul III. Engraving in “” History of the Popes (...) Crimes of the Queen King and Emperors through the centuries” by Maurice Lachatre, 1863., French School, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images
TAD1749546: Portraits of Dom Pedro's wifes and mother. He was emperor of Brazil from 1822 to 1831 known as Pedro 1st. L-R : portrait of archduchess Leopoldine of Austria, first empress of Brazil (Pedro 1st wife from 1817 to 1826), queen Carlota (Pedro 1st mother) and princess Amelie of Beauharnais, second empress of Brazil (Pedro 1st wife from 1829), engraving, 19th century / Bridgeman Images