Petticoat Collection

Marie Salle dancing, 1732, (1908). Creator: Unknown
Marie Salle dancing, 1732, (1908). Mlle. Salle Dansant (1732). Marie Salle (1707-1756) was a French dancer and choreographer

L accoudee, 1856-57. Creator: Pierre-Louis Pierson
L accoudee, 1856-57

The Gaze, 1856-57. Creator: Pierre-Louis Pierson
The Gaze, 1856-57

Dona Marianna Stampa Parravicina (born 1612), Condesa di Segrate. Creator: Unknown
Dona Marianna Stampa Parravicina (born 1612), Condesa di Segrate

Crossing The Street, 1873-75. Creator: Giovanni Boldini
Crossing The Street, 1873-75. As figures hurry along in different directions, an elegantly dressed--and unaccompanied--woman crosses the cobbled street

Paris fashions for November, 1865. Creator: Unknown
Paris fashions for November, 1865. 1. 'Morning dress in violet silk...its shape, the "Gabrielle," is to the last degree becoming; the trimmings at the back of the bodice

Laying of the Atlantic Telegraph Cable: Sir Robert Peel addressing bystanders...at Valencia, 1865. Creator: Unknown
Laying of the Atlantic Telegraph Cable: Sir Robert Peel addressing the bystanders after the taking of the shore end of the cable to the Telegraph House at Valencia, 1865

Paris fashions for June, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Paris fashions for June, 1864. 'Fig. 1. Walking Dress. Dark lilac poplin robe, trimmed with black passementerie ornaments

Shipping wild animals in the London Docks, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Shipping wild animals in the London Docks, 1864. 'Amidst the diverse commodities brought into the port of London by so many vessels from every region of the globe

Paris fashions for May, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Paris fashions for May, 1864. 'Fig. 1. Dress for a Wedding Party. Mazarine blue moire antique robe, ornamented (above the deep lace flounce adorning the skirt) with three black velvet lozenges

The Shakspeare Commemoration at Stratford-On-Avon: visit to Charlecote, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The Shakspeare Commemoration at Stratford-On-Avon: visit to Charlecote, 1864. Celebrating the tercentenary of William Shakespeare's birth

Paris fashions for April, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Paris fashions for April, 1864. 'Fig. 1. Evening Dress. Dark-blue moire antique robe, trimmed with velvet...Each velvet ornament on the skirt is bordered with black lace

Christmas Story-telling - drawn by J. E. Millais, 1862. Creator: Dalziel Brothers
Christmas Story-telling - drawn by J. E. Millais, 1862. Victorian family entertainment. From "Illustrated London News", 1862

The Social Science Congress at New York: conversazione in the Assembly Rooms, Blake-street, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The Social Science Congress at New York: conversazione in the Assembly Rooms, Blake-street, 1864. From "Illustrated London News", 1864

Paris fashions for October, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Paris fashions for October, 1864. Fig. 1. Evening Dress. Robe of white alpaca, ornamented with black lace insertion...Muslin chemisette, with collar and cuffs of embroidered muslin

Cutting the first turf of the Carnarvon and Llanberis Railway, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Cutting the first turf of the Carnarvon and Llanberis Railway, 1864. The railway...will not only afford great accommodation to...travellers

Paris fashions for March, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Paris fashions for March, 1864. From "Illustrated London News", 1864

"Face to Face": Effie Blount's Explanation, 1862. Creator: Unknown
"Face to Face": Effie Blount's Explanation, 1862. Illustration to a short story by John Saunderss. From "Illustrated London News", 1862

A Pictorial: the First Syllable, 1864. Creator: Mason Jackson
A Pictorial: the First Syllable, 1864. Christmas entertainment. From "Illustrated London News", 1864

Paris fashions for January 1865, (1864). Creator: Unknown
Paris fashions for January 1865, (1864). Fig. 1. Evening Dress. Robe of pale rose-coloured taffety, the corsage a ceinture ornamented with a sort of basquine composed of black velvet bands trimmed

Paris fashions for December, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Paris fashions for December, 1862. Fig. 1. Evening Dress. Robe of stout corded apple-green taffety...with a guipure on a white ground; the sleeves are also trimmed with a similar transparent guipure

Paris fashions for November, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Paris fashions for November, 1864. Fig. 1. Morning Dress. This is altogether an "at home" costume, the colour of the dress being generally light, over a gay-coloured jupe

Paris fashions for December, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Paris fashions for December, 1864. Fig. 1. Walking Dress. Grey poplin robe, trimmed on the body and skirt with black dentated velvet and long chenille fringe...The corsage is a basques

Paris fashions for August, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Paris fashions for August, 1864. Fig. 1. Walking Dress. Robe and paletot of grey foulard, with three rows of dark violet silk and passementerie trimming on the skirt; round the edge of the paletot

Paris fashions for September, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Paris fashions for September, 1864. Fig. 1. Walking Dress. Green silk dress, deeply vandyked, each tooth being ornamented with rich white guipure

Paris fashions for February, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Paris fashions for February, 1864. Fig. 1. Walking Dress. Dark brown silk robe, trimmed round the bottom of the skirt with a wide band of black velvet

The Dowager Queen Lovisa Ulrika of Sweden, 1775. Creator: Lorens Pasch the Younger
The Dowager Queen Lovisa Ulrika of Sweden, 1775

Isabella of Bourbon. First Queen of King Philip IV, 1614-1660. Creator: Diego Velasquez
Isabella of Bourbon. First Queen of King Philip IV, 1614-1660

Miss Lindahl, portrait photograph, 1918 Oct. 1. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Miss Lindahl, portrait photograph, 1918 Oct. 1. Possibly a portrait of Swedish actress Anna Lindahl

Woman's Robe à la Française or afternoon dress and petticoat, France, c.1760. Creator: Unknown
Woman's Robe a la Francaise or afternoon dress and petticoat, France, c.1760

Scarborough Spa - from a sketch by Miss Claxton, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Scarborough Spa - from a sketch by Miss Claxton, 1858. Resort on the coast of Yorkshire. Apart from the excellent qualities of its mineral waters

The Towcester Flower Show, 1858. Creator: Unknown
The Towcester Flower Show, 1858. The pleasant little market-town of Towcester, in Northamptonshire, has recently been enlivened by a floral and horticultural exhibition, by a cattle show

Scene from "The Rose of Castile", at Drury Lane Theatre, 1858. Creator: Smyth
Scene from "The Rose of Castile", at Drury Lane Theatre, 1858. London stage production. This lively and pretty opera, certainly the chef-d'oeuvre of our most popular English composer

Fashions for October, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Fashions for October, 1858. 1. Dress in the new style called a six lis. It has a double skirt - the upper one consisting of six breadths of silk of two different kinds...The corsage is three-quarter

Meeting of the Worcestershire Archery Society in the Grounds of Lea Castle, Wolverley... 1858. Creator: Unknown
Meeting of the Worcestershire Archery Society in the Grounds of Lea Castle, Wolverley, near Kidderminster, 1858. Women shooting with bow and arrow

Fashions for September, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Fashions for September, 1858. We may here describe a few dresses worn during the fetes at Cherbourg by ladies of distinguished rank

Fashions for August - Promenade or Carriage Costume, and Ball Dress, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Fashions for August - Promenade or Carriage Costume, and Ball Dress, 1858. Dress of very rich Azof-green silk, with two skirts

Fashions for August - Country or Seaside Dress, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Fashions for August - Country or Seaside Dress, 1858. Round hat of leghorn, with a very broad brim, inclining downward on the forehead, so as to shade the face from the sun

Fashions for July, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Fashions for July, 1858. Fig. 1: Dress of green silk, with quilles or sides trimmings of black passementerie...The corsage, which is pointed at the waist

Mowing, Shearing, and Cottagers Flower Show, at Coleshill Park - the Distribution of the... 1858. Creator: Unknown
Mowing, Shearing, and Cottagers Flower Show, at Coleshill Park - the Distribution of the Prizes, 1858. For fourteen years the noble owner of Coleshill

The Queen's Visit to Birmingham - Her Majesty Planting an Oak in the Grounds of Warwick Castle, 1858. The Queen, taking the Earl of Warwick's arm

Scene at the Volunteer Review in Hyde Park, 1860. Creator: Unknown
Scene at the Volunteer Review in Hyde Park, [London], 1860. Crowds watching military manoeuvres....before reaching this centre of the line, where the Queen was stationed

Costumes de Différent Pays, Laitiere des Environs de Bordeaux, c1797. Creators: Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur
Costumes de Different Pays, Laitiere des Environs de Bordeaux, c1797

Woman's cage crinolettes (with bustles), England, between 1872 and 1875. Creator: Unknown
Woman's cage crinolettes (with bustles), England, between 1872 and 1875

Woman's striped silk sack-back jacket (caraco), Europe, c.1760, altered c.1780. Petticoat: c.1785. Creator: Unknown
Woman's striped silk sack-back jacket (caraco), Europe, c.1760, altered c.1780. Petticoat: c.1785

Woman's striped silk sack-back jacket (caraco), Europe, c.1760, altered c.1780. Petticoat: c.1785. Creator: Unknown
Woman's striped silk sack-back jacket (caraco), Europe, c.1760, altered c.1780. Petticoat: c.1785

Woman's Robe à l'anglaise ensemble (gown, petticoat, fichu); hat; and shoes, Robe: 1780-1790. Creator: Unknown
Woman's Robe a l'anglaise ensemble (gown, petticoat, fichu); hat; and shoes, Robe: 1780-1790. Petticoat: 1780s; Hat: Shoes: c.1770

Robe à la française (gown and petticoat), Europe, c.1725. Stomacher: c.1735. Creator: Unknown
Robe a la francaise (gown and petticoat), Europe, c.1725. Stomacher: c.1735

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