FLO4657463: Catherine-Henriette de Balzac d'Etragues, Marquise de Verneuil, mistress of King Henry IV of France, 1579-1633. She wears her hair tied up with a ribbon of roses, a velvet dress with corset and English vertugadin or clamshell farthingale, slashed sleeves, high lace collar, skirts decorated with gold bands. After a miniature in oils in the editor's collection., Gatine, Georges Jacques (1773-1831) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4657620: Marie Anne Cuppi, Miss La Camargo, famous ballet dancer, 1710-1770. She wears a small cap, ruff collar, dress with laced bodice, lace sleeves tied with ribbons, apron and calf-length skirt and high-heel shoes. After a portrait in oils in the editor's collection. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Georges Jacques Gatine after an illustration by Louis Marie Lante from Galerie Francaise de Femmes Celebres, Paris, 1827., Gatine, Georges Jacques (1773-1831) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4657639: Charlotte de Montmorenci, wife to Henri de Bourbon, Prince of Conde, 1594-1650. She wears her hair tied up with ribbons, an upright lace collar, pearl necklaces, dress with embroidered corset, slashed sleeves, French farthingale or clamshell vertugadin, and long skirt. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Georges Jacques Gatine after an illustration by Louis Marie Lante from Galerie Francaise de Femmes Celebres, Paris, 1827., Gatine, Georges Jacques (1773-1831) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4657654: Cook from Hamburg, Germany, 19th century. She wears a toquet trimmed in silver and carries a basket covered with a large shawl. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Georges Jacques Gatine after an illustration by Louis Marie Lante from Costumes of Various Countries, Costumes de Divers Pays, Paris, 1827., Gatine, Georges Jacques (1773-1831) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4657660: Cook from Hamburg, Germany, 19th century. She wears a muslin bonnet and carries a basket covered with a large shawl. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Georges Jacques Gatine after an illustration by Louis Marie Lante from Costumes of Various Countries, Costumes de Divers Pays, Paris, 1827., Gatine, Georges Jacques (1773-1831) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4657677: Cook from Hamburg, Germany, 19th century. The servants in Hamburg are always beautiful girls who promenade every evening. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Georges Jacques Gatine after an illustration by Louis Marie Lante from Costumes of Various Countries, Costumes de Divers Pays, Paris, 1827., Gatine, Georges Jacques (1773-1831) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4657705: Woman of Sterzing, Tyrol, Switzerland, 19th century. In a pyramid-shaped bonnet of fluffy cotton. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Georges Jacques Gatine after an illustration by Louis Marie Lante from Costumes of Various Countries, Costumes de Divers Pays, Paris, 1827., Gatine, Georges Jacques (1773-1831) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4657719: Woman of the Puster Valley, Tyrol, 19th century. She wears a large crepe hat over a small muslin bonnet. The scissors and belt is a family heirloom passed from mother to daughter. She is tending a rose bush in a pot. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Georges Jacques Gatine after an illustration by Louis Marie Lante from Costumes of Various Countries, Costumes de Divers Pays, Paris, 1827., Gatine, Georges Jacques (1773-1831) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4657726: Young girl of the Pfafflar Valley, Tyrol, Austria, 19th century. While the hat is oriental, the rest of the outfit is gothic. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Georges Jacques Gatine after an illustration by Louis Marie Lante from Costumes of Various Countries, Costumes de divers Pays, Paris, 1827., Gatine, Georges Jacques (1773-1831) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4657793: Girl of the Canton of Solothurn, Switzerland, 19th century. The dress has a very high waist, the shirt has puff sleeves, and the flat straw hat decorated with ribbons and bows is worn above a black velvet toquet. Her long pigtails reveal her to be unmarried. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Georges Jacques Gatine after an illustration by Louis Marie Lante from Costumes of Various Countries, Costumes de Divers Pays, Paris, 1827., Gatine, Georges Jacques (1773-1831) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4657812: Young girl of North Holland, Netherlands, 19th century. In distinctive embroidered cap with gold plates called willow leaves and veil, floral cotton camisole, silk apron and skirt. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Georges Jacques Gatine after an illustration by Louis Marie Lante from Costumes of Various Countries, Costumes de Divers Pays, Paris, 1827., Gatine, Georges Jacques (1773-1831) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4657825: Girl of the Canton of Lucerne, Switzerland, 19th century. Her straw hat is decorated with ribbons and bows. She wears a ruff over a laced bodice, apron and short petticoats. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Georges Jacques Gatine after an illustration by Louis Marie Lante from Costumes of Various Countries, Costumes de Divers Pays, Paris, 1827., Gatine, Georges Jacques (1773-1831) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4655705: Costume of a female peasant of Wallachia, Romania, 19th century. Handcoloured lithograph from Thomas Hailes Lacy's “” Female Costumes Historical, National and Dramatic in 200 Plates,” London, 1865. Lacy (1809-1873) was a British actor, playwright, theatrical manager and publisher. / Bridgeman Images
PIX4655756: Star sky and 1 m telescope of the observatory of the Pic du Midi - Starry sky above Pic du Midi observatory - Star sky and dome of the telescope of the observatory of the Pic du Midi. January 2012. Starry sky above the 1 meter telescope dome at Pic du Midi observatory. January 2012 / Bridgeman Images
FLO4655802: Roman priestess, grand priestess Cybele, Mother of the Gods. Handcoloured lithograph from Thomas Hailes Lacy's “” Female Costumes Historical, National and Dramatic in 200 Plates,” London, 1865. Lacy (1809-1873) was a British actor, playwright, theatrical manager and publisher. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4655876: Italian peasant girl, 19th century. Based on the costume of Zerline in Daniel Aubero's comic opera “” Fra Diavolo.””” Handcoloured lithograph from Thomas Hailes Lacy's “” Female Costumes Historical, National and Dramatic in 200 Plates,” London, 1865. Lacy (1809-1873) was a British actor, playwright, theatrical manager and publisher. / Bridgeman Images