Art

A rare colour photograph of Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia, the youngest child of Emperor Alexander III and Empress Maria Feodorovna. It’s believed that this photo was taken when Olga met Queen Elizabeth II and her husband Prince Philip on board the royal yacht, HMS Britannia, in the 1950s.

British Regency, Empire, and Romantic Style

Fashion design of the early 19th century is called Regency style, named for Britain’s George Prince Regent who ran the country when his father, King George III became mentally ill and unable to perform his duties. The detested and debauched Prince Regent became king in 1830.

Ladies’ clothing styles of the early 1800’s are characterized by the Empire waist dress and classical Greek lines; the styles worn by characters in Jane Austen novels.

Included in the Regency period is the Romantic era, influenced by a new romantic sensibility typified by writers like Lord Byron and Sir Walter Scott.

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Arnold Genthe. Lady of the sea. Autochrome (1910′s).