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[dailyclassicart]

Vasily Polenov - "Erechtheion" (1882)

[evalcea]

View near Rouen

Richard Parkes Bonington

oil on millboard, c. 1825

Metropolitan Museum of Art

[periodinteriors]

Caroline Bowles, South Window of the Study of Greta Hall, 1841, watercolor.

[evalcea]

The Church at Gloucester

Childe Hassam

oil on canvas, 1918

Metropolitan Museum of Art

[history-of-fashion]

ab. 1845 Evening dress by unknown maker

green silk brocade white floral pattern, silk satin piping on bodice

(Kyoto Costume Institute)

[evalcea]

Green Door, Santa Maria della Salute

John Singer Sargent

watercolor, graphite, gouache, and wax crayon on white wove paper, c. 1904

Metropolitan Museum of Art

[periodinteriors]

The Room of Beds in the Alhambra, unknown artist, watercolor, c. 1848.

[frostedmagnolias]

Printed Muslin Dress

c. 1848-1850

England

Victoria and Albert Museum

[evalcea]

Folded Fan

Artist Unknown

gauze, gouache, sequins, engraved bone, paint, brass, silk, c. 1910

Musée d'art et d'histoire de Genève

[frostedmagnolias]

Tea Gown

c. 1898-1901

British

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

[evalcea]

Lilacs and Peonies

Suzanne Valadon

oil on canvas, 1929

Metropolitan Museum of Art

[frostedmagnolias]

Printed Lilac Cotton Day Dress

c. 1839

Kerry Taylor Auctions

[evalcea]

Duchess de Fitz-James

Henri Fantin-Latour

oil on canvas, 1867

National Gallery of Art

[toyastales]

Art Nouveau brooch by René Lalique, around 1900.

[evalcea]

Petit portrait

Jeanne Vauthey

enamel, gold, c. 1915

Musée d'art et d'histoire de Genève

[artssie]

Dream (1858-1919) by Arthur Hacker

[evalcea]

La femme au corsage violet

Charles-François-Prosper Guérin

oil on canvas, c. 1900-1939

Musée d'art et d'histoire de Genève