Portrait of the Empress Joséphine (1763-1814) by Keizerin der Fransen Court dress belonging to the Empress Josephine. After 1810, Musee de Malmaison

embroidered court trains

Robert Jacques François Faust Lefèvre was a French painter of portraits, history paintings and religious paintings. He was heavily influenced by Jacques-Louis D...

1807 Princess Augusta of Bavaria by Andrea Appiani (location ?). From Wikimedia.

We would once again like to welcome back to our blog, Classics teacher and author of The Elephant of Exeter Change: A Tale of Cruelty and Confinement in Georgian London, William Ellis-Rees. Willia…

Click for the doll. I guess I'm not quite ready to return to that once-a-day ideal with this headache. That's what you get for reading essays full-time! It's too bad because now I'm all excited about paperdolling. But that's OK, I'll do one tomorrow... or Wednesday, perhaps, when I have a day off.

Anne Higonnet’s newest book elevates the role of Juliette Récamier, Térézia Tallien and Joséphine Bonaparte in freeing women from confining styles.