EditorialIllustration for a Valentine card. 'And hope you'll quickly name the day, for I am weary of delay.' Picture of a young woman, using a monocle. [A collection of 111 Valentines.] (There are 161 plates). [London, 1845-50?]. Source: HS.85/2 plate 158.
EditorialTwo Women and a Man with a Top Hat and a Monocle, 19th century, Pen and brown ink, brown wash, some pale blue, orange and yellow wash., 8 5/16 x 6 5/16 in. (21.1 x 16 cm), Drawings, Constantin Guys (French, Flushing 1802?1892 Paris).
EditorialSatirical Print: The Suitor, Pen and ink, brush and watercolor on paper, An old man with a staff standing at right looks through a lorgnon (monocle) at a young girl seated at left. She is accompanied by a sewing chaperone. A cat with a string lays on t...
EditorialWhistler in his studio on the rue Notre-Dame-des-Champs, Paris, Paul Fran?ois Arnold Cardon, called 'Dornac', 18591941, French, 1893, Albumen print on thin, smooth, white wove paper, Sheet: 7 3/4 x 10 1/4 inches (19.7 x 26 cm) and Mount: 14 ? 17 inches...
EditorialMiss Croker, Print made by Samuel Cousins, 18011887, British, after Sir Thomas Lawrence, 17691830, British, Published by M. Colnaghi, established 1760, active ca. 17851911, Italian, active in Britain, 1828, Mezzotint, line engraving, and stipple engrav...
EditorialA Macarony at a Sale of Pictures, Charles Grignion, 17171810, British, after Michel Vincent Brandoin, 17331807, Swiss, Published by Robert Sayer, 17251794, British, and John Smith of Cheapside, active ca. 17501789, British, 1771, Line engraving and etc...
EditorialMan with a riding crop, George Cruikshank, 17921878, British, undated, Pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper, Sheet: 7 1/2 ? 6 inches (19.1 ? 15.2 cm), boots, caricature, figure study, hat, man, monocle, riding crop.
EditorialElegantia, or magazine of fashion, luxury and taste for women, December 1807, no. 30: Capote de Levantine .., According to the accompanying text (p. 392): 'Doeillette' of maroon side ('couleur cheveux d'Apollon'), garnished with a broad 'fronc?'. Sleev...
EditorialA fop driving in the Bois de Boulogne, 1840. Dandy in top hat and coat with monocle and whip driving a one-horse gig, woman in ermine-trim cape over a pink dress, bonnet and ermine muff. Handcoloured lithograph by R.V. after an illustration by Francois...
EditorialFashionable man with monocle, in striped coat and tricorn, era of Marie Antoinette. Le Lorgneur. Copperplate etching by Auguste Etienne Guillaumot from Costumes et coiffures du XVIIIe siecle, Costumes and hairstyles of the 18th century, Cagnon, Paris, ...
EditorialA fop driving in the Bois de Boulogne, 1840. Dandy in top hat and coat with monocle and whip driving a one-horse gig, woman in ermine-trim cape over a pink dress, bonnet and ermine muff. Handcoloured lithograph by R.V. after an illustration by Francois...
EditorialIncroyable and Muscadin, fashionable French men of the Directory era, 1796. The Incroyable holds a monocle and cudgel and wears two watches from his belt. The Muscadin wears a brown redingote, white cravatte and grey culottes. Handcoloured lithograph f...
EditorialElegantia, or magazine of fashion, luxury and taste for women, December 1807, no. 30: Capote de Levantine .., According to the accompanying text (p. 392): 'Doeillette' of maroon side ('couleur cheveux d'Apollon'), garnished with a broad 'fronc?'. Sleev...
EditorialSwallowtail seaperch, Anthias anthias, striped sweetlips, Plectorhinchus diagrammus, and whitecheek monocle bream, Scolopsis vosmeri. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Plee Jr. after an illustration by Jean-Gabriel Pretre from Bernard Germain de La...
EditorialThe Bond St. Beau. Stannard & Son; Printer; Bath, J. ; London ; 1873. Printed Music and Illustrated Cover; Lithograph, coloured. Music Hall performers specialised in portraying the fashionable man about town, who were often known as 'swells'. Costumes ...
EditorialAt the Opera Ball. Fashion in Paris: the various phases of feminine t. W. Heinemann: London, 1898. At the Opera Ball (1835). Two gentlemen talking. One wears a blue jacket and the other, a grey jacket. One has a monocle. Image taken from Fashion in Pa...
EditorialIllustration for a Valentine card. 'And hope you'll quickly name the day, for I am weary of delay.' Picture of a young woman, using a monocle. [A collection of 111 Valentines.] (There are 161 plates). [London, 1845-50?]. Source: HS.85/2 plate 158.
EditorialMonocle Right Eye, Portrait of J. M. Whistler, ca. 1889, Lithograph, sheet: 15 1/4 x 11 3/8 in. (38.8 x 28.9 cm), Prints, Mortimer Menpes (Australian, Port Adelaide 1855?1938 Pangbourne, England).
EditorialTwo Women and a Man with a Top Hat and a Monocle, 19th century, Pen and brown ink, brown wash, some pale blue, orange and yellow wash., 8 5/16 x 6 5/16 in. (21.1 x 16 cm), Drawings, Constantin Guys (French, Flushing 1802?1892 Paris).
EditorialSwallowtail seaperch, Anthias anthias, striped sweetlips, Plectorhinchus diagrammus, and whitecheek monocle bream, Scolopsis vosmeri. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Plee Jr. after an illustration by Jean-Gabriel Pretre from Bernard Germain de La...
EditorialSaddleback clownfish, Amphiprion polymnus (Amphiprion bifasciatus), and whitecheek monocle bream Scolopsis vosmeri (Scolopsides vosmeri). Handcolored engraving by Annedouche after an illustration by Oudart from Charles d'Orbigny's "Dictionnaire Univers...
EditorialEnglish man in the fashion of September 1806. He wears a boat hat, a crotin-coloured jacket, suede breeches and boots. He carries a stick and monocle. Chapeau en bateau, habit couleur crotin, culottes de peau. Handcoloured illustration by Horace Vernet...
EditorialStudent painter, Paris, early 19th century, in straw bonnet, gold shawl, and blue dress, carrying a case of oils, book, and holding a monocle. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Gatine after an illustration by Louis-Marie Lante from "Ouvrieres de Pa...