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Liberty Leading the People (French: La Liberté guidant le peuple [la libɛʁte ɡidɑ̃ lə pœpl]) is a painting of the Romantic era by the French artist Eugène Delacroix, commemorating the July Revolution of 1830 that toppled King Charles X (r. 1824-1830). A bare-breasted “woman of the people” with a Phrygian cap personifying the ...
She is known for her soft-focus close-ups of famous Victorians and for illustrative images depicting characters from mythology, Christianity, and literature. She was born in Calcutta , and after establishing herself among the Anglo-Indian upper-class, she moved to London where she made connections with the cultural elite.
Historians believe that the first cholera pandemic had lingered in Indonesia and the Philippines in 1830. The second cholera pandemic spread from India to Russia and then to the rest of Europe claiming hundreds of thousands of lives. [47] It reached Moscow in August 1830, and by 1831, the epidemic had infiltrated Russia's main cities and towns.
E. Jane Gay (1830–1919) is thought to be the earliest known lesbian photographer. [120] [121] Lesbians also took photos to experiment with self-expression. Lesbians took photos of themselves, their friends, and their lovers embracing each other in intimate settings which hinted at same-sex relationships without being explicitly erotic.
Some of the most incredible inventors, writers, politicians, & activists have been women. From Ida B. Wells to Sally Ride, here are women who changed the world. 22 Famous Women in History You Need ...
A. Andreas Leigh Aabel; Benjamin Vaughan Abbott; Burroughs Abbott; Joseph Henry Abbott; Robert Abbott (New South Wales politician) Abdulaziz; Alfred Ablett
1830s Fashion Plates of men, women, and children's fashion from The Metropolitan Museum of Art Libraries; The Romantic Era: Fashions 1825-1845; 1840s Men's Fashions – c. 1840 Men's Fashion Photos (Daguerreotypes) with Annotations; Men's fashion plates of the 1830s at Victoriana.com
Jhalkaribai (22 November 1830 – 5 April 1858) [2] was a woman soldier who played an important role in the Indian Rebellion of 1857. She served in the women's army of Rani Lakshmibai of Jhansi. She eventually rose to a position of a prominent advisor to the queen, Rani of Jhansi. [3]