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Olimpio Fusco, c. 1900-1910. Creator: John Singer Sargent
Olimpio Fusco, c. 1900-1910

Charlotte Bronte, English novelist, 1850. Artist: George Richmond
Charlotte Bronte, English novelist, 1850. Charlotte Bronte (1816-1855) was the author of Jane Eyre (1847), Shirley (1849), and Vilette (1852). From the National Portrait Gallery, London

La Ghirlandata, 1873. Artist: Dante Gabriel Rossetti
La Ghirlandata, 1873. A red-haired woman with sensuous red lips plays a harp garlanded with flowers. She looks dreamily into the distance, framed by angels, modelled by May Morris

Elizabeth Taylor, English-American actress, c1950s(?). Artist: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Elizabeth Taylor, English-American actress, c1950s(?). Elizabeth Taylor made her screen debut as a child in Lassie Come Home in 1943

Pandora. Pandora (the all-gifted ) was the first mortal woman according to the Greek poet Hesiod. She was sent by Zeus as a gift to Epithemus

Lady Hamilton as the Goddess of Health, c1790, (1920). Creator: George Romney
Lady Hamilton as the Goddess of Health, c1790, (1920). Emma Hart, later Lady Hamilton, mistress of Lord Nelson as muse of portrait artist, George Romney. From " The Connoisseur Vol

The Maharani of Koch Bihar, West Bengal, India, 1893. Artist: W&D Downey
The Maharani of Koch Bihar, West Bengal, India, 1893. From The Cabinet Portrait Gallery, fourth series, Cassell and Company Limited (London, Paris and Melbourne, 1893)

Alexandra (1844-1925), Queen Consort of King Edward VII of Great Britain, c1890
Alexandra (1844-1925), Queen Consort of King Edward VII of Great Britain, when Princess of Wales, c1890. The daughter of King Christian IX of Denmark, Alexandra married Edward

A Lady Playing the Tanpura, ca. 1735. Creator: Unknown
A Lady Playing the Tanpura, ca. 1735. Perhaps Radha, the divine consort of Krishna

Marlene Dietrich, German-American actress, 1933. Dietrich (1901-1992), was a Academy Award-nominated German-American actress, entertainer and singer

Indian Dance (La Marquise de Casati), 1912. Artist: Leon Bakst
Indian Dance (La Marquise de Casati), 1912. Published in L Art Decoratif de Leon Bakst. (Paris, 1913). From a private collection

Beauty Takigawa from the Tea-house Ogi, late 18th or early 19th century. Artist: Kitagawa Utamaro
Beauty Takigawa from the Tea-house Ogi, late 18th or early 19th century. From the series The famous Beauties of Our Days. Found in the collection of the State A Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

Catherine the Great (1729-1796), Empress of Russia, 1937. Artist: Alexander K MacDonald
Catherine the Great (1729-1796), Empress of Russia. Portrait of Catherine II (1729-1796) who came to the throne in 1762. A German princess

Fay Wray (1907-2004), Canadian-born American actress, 20th century. Wray is probably best known for her performance in the original King Kong (1933)

The Judgment of Paris, c1635-1638, (1912). Artist: Peter Paul Rubens
Judgment of Paris, c1635-1638, (1912). A colour print of Rubens painting, from Famous Paintings with an introduction by Gilbert Chesterton, (Cassell and Company, London, New York, Toronto, 1912)

Japanese girl painting her lips, 1864. Creator: Mason Jackson
Japanese girl painting her lips, 1864. Engraving of a sketch '...by Mr. C. Wirgman, our special artist...[of] a young girl painting her face after the usual daily bath

'L' Andalouse', 1927. Creator: Francis Picabia
'L' Andalouse', 1927. From a private collection.

Asaoka Watching a Mouse on a Screen, between c1875 and c1876. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Asaoka Watching a Mouse on a Screen, between c1875 and c1876. Series: A Mirror of Beauties of the Past and Present

Portrait of a Woman, 1846. Creator: Paul Burde
Portrait of a Woman, 1846

Saint Helena, c1575. Creator: Francesco Morandini
Saint Helena, c1575. St. Helena (ca. 247-ca. 327) was the mother of Emperor Constantine the Great (ca. 288-337), who, according to tradition, christianized the Roman Empire

Beauty Walking on a Snowy Day, 1854. Creator: Utagawa Kunisada
Beauty Walking on a Snowy Day, 1854. Left sheet of a triptych titled Edo meisho asakusa toshi no ichi Famous Sights of Edo: The Year End Market at Asakusa

Hedvig Ulrika Taube (1714-1744) also Countess von Hessenstein, c1735. Creator: Lorens Pasch the Elder
Hedvig Ulrika Taube (1714-1744) also Countess von Hessenstein, c1735

Lady Hamilton, by George Romney, in the late exhibition of Old Masters, Burlington House, 1876. Creator: Unknown
Lady Hamilton, by George Romney, in the late exhibition of Old Masters, Burlington House, 1876. That too celebrated female beauty, Emma Lyons, a Welsh servant-girl

Jo, the Beautiful Irish Girl, 1866. Creator: Gustave Courbet
Jo, the Beautiful Irish Girl, 1866. Additional Info: The Irish girl in this painting is Joanna Hiffernan. She modelled for the painter James Abbott MacNeill Whistler, with whom she lived

Springtime, 1872. Creator: Claude Monet
Springtime, 1872. Monet moved to Argenteuil, a suburban town on the right bank of the Seine River northwest of Paris, in late December 1871

Pandora, 1873. Creator: Alexandre Cabanel
Pandora, 1873. Cabanel, a professor of painting at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris, specialized in portraits of "High Society." Here

Beauties Playing Battledore and Shuttlecock, c1805. Creator: Utagawa Toyokuni I
Beauties Playing Battledore and Shuttlecock, c1805

Beauty Representing the Poet Kamakura Udaijin, circa 1847-1852. Creator: Utagawa Kunisada
Beauty Representing the Poet Kamakura Udaijin, circa 1847-1852

Red, between c1847 and c1852. Creator: Utagawa Kunisada
Red, between c1847 and c1852. Series: Costumes in Five Different Colors

Red, between c1847 and c1852. Creator: Utagawa Kunisada
Red, between c1847 and c1852. Series: Costumes in Five Different Colors

Metal for Tooth Blackening, 12th month, 1878. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Metal for Tooth Blackening, 12th month, 1878. From Allusions to the Seven Planets

Summer: Women Bathing at the Daishoro, 1883. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Summer: Women Bathing at the Daishoro, 1883. Series: The Four Seasons at Their Height

Here is the Pleasure, Sirs, Here is the Pleasure, c1860. Creator: Edouard de Beaumont
Here is the Pleasure, Sirs, Here is the Pleasure, c1860. Beaumont reveals the antagonism among women of different social classes and generations

Young Lady Holding a Mirror, 17th century. Creator: Unknown
Young Lady Holding a Mirror, 17th century

Krishna Making Kubja Beautiful, Folio from a Bhagavata Purana (Ancient Stories of the Lord), c1645. Creator: Unknown
Krishna Making Kubja Beautiful, Folio from a Bhagavata Purana (Ancient Stories of the Lord), c1645

Saint Mary Magdalene, c1524. Creator: Bernardino Luini
Saint Mary Magdalene, c1524. According to Church (but not biblical) tradition, Mary Magdalene (probably indicating that she came from the the town Magdala) was a sinful woman

'Half-caste girl of Manaos; Indian-Rubber Groves of the Amazons, 1875. Creator: Unknown
Half-caste girl of Manaos; Indian-Rubber Groves of the Amazons, 1875. From Illustrated Travels by H.W. Bates. [Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, c1880, London] and Galpin

Virgin of the Deliverance, after 1872. Creator: Antoine Auguste Ernest Hebert
Virgin of the Deliverance, after 1872. Hebert was yet another of the artists working in the orbit of Paul Delaroche whose name fell into relative obscurity in the last century

Unknown woman, 1859. Creator: Amalia Lindegren
Unknown woman, 1859

Kraka, 1862. Creator: Marten Eskil Winge
Kraka, 1862

Beauties Playing Battledore and Shuttlecock, c1805. Creator: Utagawa Toyokuni I
Beauties Playing Battledore and Shuttlecock, c1805

Beauty in Wind: Totto yakutae, 1852. Creator: Utagawa Kuniyoshi
Beauty in Wind: Totto yakutae, 1852. From Excellances of Mountain and Sea Illustrated

Beauty with Irises, 19th century. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Beauty with Irises, 19th century

Second Month: Tei of Shinbashi by a Plum Tree at Umeyashiki, 1880. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Second Month: Tei of Shinbashi by a Plum Tree at Umeyashiki, 1880. From The Pride of Tokyo's Twelve Months

The Sculptor Hidari Jingoro Watching his Work Come to Life, c1887. Creator: Ogata Gekko
The Sculptor Hidari Jingoro Watching his Work Come to Life, c1887. From Legendary Tales

Modern Beauty in a Snowstorm, 19th century. Creator: Kikugawa Eizan
Modern Beauty in a Snowstorm, 19th century

Hana no Hito of Ogiya, 1809-1813. Creator: Kikugawa Eizan
Hana no Hito of Ogiya, 1809-1813

Dawn & Sunset, Printed 1889-1891. Creator: Henry Peach Robinson. Dawn & Sunset, Printed 1889-1891
Dawn & Sunset, Printed 1889-1891

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