Gods and Foolish Grandeur

  * Aleksandr Rumnev (5 February 1899, Moscow - 12 October 1965, Moscow), Russian dancer, choreographer, teacher, pantomime actor and, later...

  For some reason this plate is almost entirely lacking text. * Founded in 1876, La Modiste universelle was a large-size illustrated women...

  When I come across images like this, where the personality of the individual pictured is so vividly captured, I can't help but regret ...

  Acanthus spinosus ( Dydinamia angospermia ). "With the plant specimen set before her she cut minute particles of coloured paper to r...