#pierre louis pierson

[agelessphotography]

Scherzo di Follia (Joke of Madness), Pierre-Louis Pierson, 1863-66

[jeannepompadour]

Countess Castiglione wearing a dress with two skirt panels by Pierre Louis Pierson, c. 1870s

[madamelareinette]

Pierre-Louis Pierson (circa 1861-7). Photograph of Virginia Oldoini Verasis, countess of Castiglione

[the-cricket-chirps]

Virginia Oldoïni/Pierre Louis Pierson

La comtesse de Castiglione

1865

[joeinct]

Scherzo di Follia, the Comtesse de Castiglione, Photo by Pierre-Louis Pierson, 1863-66

[countess--olenska]

The Countess of Castiglione as “the Queen of Hearts”.

Painted by George Fredrick Watts, based on a photograph by Pierre-Louis Pierson.

[thephotoregistry]

Countess Virginia Oldoini Verasis di Castiglione , c. 1861-67

Pierre-Louis Pierson

[fawnvelveteen]

Pierre-Louis Pierson Mlle. Nicolas with Mirror

[francishodgson]

The Kids Are Alright

Well, here is a rare and rather enjoyable thing.  I’m used to writing about pictures whose author is known, whose subject is known, whose date is known, whose cause is known, whose customer is known or any or all of those things.  The experience starts as that which is familiar to anyone who has finger-walked through shoeboxes of old post-cards, or cartes-de-visites or stereos : here’s something…

[eaktionsshaytan]

Pierre-Louis Pierson 1930

[beautifulcentury]

dlpalinckx:

Pierre-Louis Pierson; Game of Madness, 1861–67

countess di gastiglione

[agelessphotography]

Scherzo di Follia (Joke of Madness), Pierre-Louis Pierson, 1861-67

[archivedotorgfan]

'scherzo di follia,' pierre louis pierson, 1861–67. printed c. 1930.

[zurich-snows]

Virginia Oldoini, the Countess of Castiglione, a noted beauty, courtesan, eccentric, former mistress of Napoleon III and a pioneer within photography, posing in one of her many fancy costumes - Photo by Pierre Louis Pierson, ca. 1863

[the-cricket-chirps]

Virginia Oldoini/Pierre-Louis Pierson

The legs of Virginia Oldoini, Countess di Castiglione

c. 1861-1867

[milksockets]

'countess de catisglionie,' c. 1855 by pierre-louis pierson in rrose is a rrose is a rrose: gender performance in photography - jennifer blessing (1997)