Wednesday, July 31, 2019

Saturday, July 27, 2019

Sunday, July 14, 2019

Pierre-Louis Pierson's photograph of the
Countess Oldoini Verasis di Castiglione (1835–1899), 
Napoleon III's mistress, known for her great beauty, her violet eyes & her flamboyant entrances to parties wearing the most elaborate fancy dress.
ca.1867

Friday, July 5, 2019