Period Ladies Reading

Welcome to Period Ladies Reading, a celebration of ladies who love to read while in in period costume!

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Ellen Clacy (English, 1853 - 1916): Reading (1883) (via Figuration Féminine)

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Gordon Parks, Untitled, St. Louis, Missouri, 1950.

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Albert Edelfelt - Woman and Parasol, 1886

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Fan Bingbing in ‘The Empress of China’ (2014).

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Dame with a Letter (1870). Adam Chmielowski (Polish, 1845-1916). Oil on canvas.

Chmielowski was a Polish professed religious and the founder of both the Servants of the Poor and Sisters Servants of the Poor. He became a popular and well-known painter and used religious themes for most of his paintings before deciding to give all of that up in favor of a life dedicated to the plight of the poor.

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Looking for work

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The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel S01E03 (Because You Left)

Book title: The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care (1946) by Dr. Benjamin Spock

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A teenage girl in plaid skirt and bobby socks reads the comics from a newspaper, circa 1940.

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John Lavery (1856-1941) Lady Reading.

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Attractive cover detail c1909

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Xue Yanqun (1953-    ). Chino.

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Sweden, 1952.

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La Lecture - Emilio Grau Sala

Fauvism

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Young Woman by a Christmas Tree  -   Max Rimböck , 1918

German, 1890-1956

Oil on artist’s board  , 63,2 x 51,1 cm