Fashion & Costume - (Color) c. 1570 Germany In this period Italian and Flemish painters such as Paul Rubens and Caravaggio were at the height of their power and influence.

Fashion & Costume - (Color) Woman c. 1800 In this period Thomas Jefferson won the U. S. Presidential election (1800); the Union Jack became the official flag of the U. K. (1801) and Ohio joins the Union (1803).

Fashion & Costume - (Color) c. 1800-1803 Germany In this period Jefferson wins the U. S. presidential election (1800); the Union Jack became the official flag of the U. K. (1801) and Ottawa, Canada was founded.

Fashion & Costume - (Color) c. 1665 England The Restoration period (after the restoration of the Monarchy to England in 1660) saw a flowering of arts and science under the patronage of Charles II.

Fashion & Costume - (Color) c. 1797 German In this year Napoleon defeated the Austians at Rivoli, Thomas Bewick published his landmark woodcut collection, "British Birds" and Edmund Burke, Anglo-Irish, political philosopher and statesman died.

Fashion & Costume - (Color) c. 1788 In this period the Times of London began publishing; King George II had his first attack of mental illness, precipitating the regency crisis in England; and Washington D. C. was founded.

Fashion & Costume - (Color) c. 1808-1809 Germany In this period extensive excavations begin at Pompeii (1808); Beethoven wrote the "Emperor" piano concerto; Napoleon divorced Josephine (1809) and Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the U. S. was born (1

Fashion & Costume - (Color) c. 1620 England In this period Aelbert Culp the Dutch landscape artist was born (1620); Bernini created his "Neptune" and "Triton" sculptures; Van Dyck painted "Flight Into Egypt" (1621) and Schickardt builds the first

Fashion & Costume - (Color) c. 1815-1820 In this period Humphry Davy, inventor of the miner`s safety lamp, published his "Elements of Chemical Philosophy" (1812); Napoleon lost the Battle of Waterloo to the Duke of Wellington (June 16, 1815); Mary Shel

Fashion & Costume - France - (Color) c. 1780 Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette were King & Queen of pre-revolutionary France when this fashion was in style. The rich and ornate style of the period extended into all forms of art, style and architecture and

Fashion & Costume - Germany - (Color) Woman c. 1815 In this period Thomas Jefferson won the U. S. Presidential election (1800); the Union Jack became the official flag of the U. K. (1801); Ohio joins the Union (1803); Humphry Davy, inventor of the miner`s

Fashion & Costume - England - (Color) c. 1640 England In this period Rubens died (1640); Van Dyck died (1641); cotton is manufactured in Manchester, England (1641) and income and property taxes are introduced in England. English Ladies, English, hat, gr

Fashion & Costume - (Color) c. 1440