Victorian portrait

Minnie Ashley (1883-1946) actress, sculptor and philanthropist was born as Beatrice Minerva Ashley in Charlottesville, Virginia. She married William Astor Chanler (1867-1934) in 1903. Their two sons were William Astor Chanler Jr (1904-2002) and Sidney Ashley Chanler (1907-1994). She died aboard a train enroute from New York to Portland, Maine aged 62. Photography Studio - Falk Image Enhancement - Vizmage Studio

Richard Buckner 1812-1883 Engeland

Is it a car? - Kind of. Is it a boat- Kind of! It's the fastest car on the water and the fastest boat on the road, it's the ambitious car-boat hybrid

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

Tribute to Julia Margaret Cameron. .....Early postcard depicting her work. .....Julia Margaret Cameron ( 1815 - 1879 ) was born in Calcutta, and in 1848 she moved to London. ..........In 1863, when Julia was 48 years old, her daughter gave her a camera as a present. Within a year she was elected a member of the photographic society in London. .....She strove to capture beauty and became obsessive about her new occupation, with subjects sitting for countless exposures in blinding light as she…

Amy Robsart

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Mary Anne Bloxam by Thomas Lawrence

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, according to the well-known saying. Yet it is only in the present day that our eyes need to make some ...

The popularity of the puff sleeve has waxed and waned throughout the centuries. At certain points in history, puffed sleeves were deemed the...

Victoria, Princess Royal by William Corden the Younger, 1851.

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