1880s Károly Lotz - Ilona Lotz in White (Hungarian National Gallery)

Circa 1880

1880s

Credits to

Henry Tanworth Wells 1828-1903 Engeland

Cora Urquart Brown-Potter, American stage actress - c. 1880s - (Via)

Photos of women of color, especially during the Victorian era, are hard to come by. But thanks to this collection, dating from 1860 to 1901, we now have the chance to see some of their portraits. Some of these were taken when there was still slavery in the United States. Unfortunately, many of these photos are unnamed, which make us wonder who these women were, what they were like, and what their stories were. We’ll probably never know. Nevertheless, here's a collection of 51 wonderful portraits of young Victorian women of color.

By James Ott Special to NKyTribune Growing up in the 1850s in the Ohio River Valley, a mere decade or two from the raw frontier, artist Frank Duveneck (1848-1919) displayed a talent for creativity that served him well in good times and in bad. His natural talent surfaced in childhood. He molded toys from Licking […]

The Victorian 1880s fashion decade marked the end of the bustle era. To understand fashion during this decade, you must begin in the mid-1870s, where the bustle was still large but the bodice was forming a new style that would last the next 15 years. Upper-class women embraced these new fashions, while the poor and

1895 Édouard Zier - Madame Edouard Zier (Musée Sainte-Croix)

During the late 19th Century, hats were considered to an essential fashion accessory for both women and men and as such, you were not considered to be completely dressed for leaving home unless you…

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