#victorian black women

[resplendentoutfit]

They didn't make it onto the fashion plates; they were the fashion plates

Lovely Victorian women of color dressed in elegant style.

[blackisdivine]

Classy Ladies ❤

[blackjewels5]

Historical African American Photos Black Women in Victorian Era 1800's Real People Real Lives

[womenshistory]

Group of young women reading in library of normal school, Washington, D.C., Frances Benjamin Johnston, 1899.

[la-belle-histoire]

Four Sisters, 1900s. Frank Eugene.

[labyrinthofstreams]

"Group of young women performing atmospheric pressure experiments while studying science in school, Washington, D.C."

Photographed by Frances Benjamin Johnston, 1899.

[intheblossomtree]

[designedandplated]

Women's Colourful and Black Gowns, November 1868.

[divinewomenart]

the maiden may one day be a mother, but by the end of life the maiden will be a crone 🍂

[sweetdonutsart]

Raven Portrait 🐦‍⬛ 💀 💙

one of last year’s halloween posts and still one of my favorites that gives a semi spooky vibe 💙💙💙

[resplendentoutfit]

Women in Black: 18th through 20th Centuries

Thomas Gainsborough (British/English, 1727-1788) • Portrait of Maria Walpole, Countess of Waldegrave, later Duchess of Gloucester • 1763

Antoine-Jean-Joseph-Éléonore Ansiaux (French, 1764-1840) • Portrait of Marie-Denise Smits • c. early 1800s

Charles Giron (Swiss, 1850-1914) • Femme aux gants, dite La Parisienne (Woman with Gloves, Known as La Parisienne) • 1883

William McGregor Paxton (American, 1869-1941) Two Sisters • 1904

William Orpen (British/Irish, 1878-1931) • Miss Kennard • Early 20th century • Academy of Arts , London

[toanunnery]

Chez Soi

Louise Catherine Breslau, 1885

[corvusclearing]

One of my favorite influencers Onyi Moss. Follow her, you won't regret it.

Ig and pinterest: @mossonyi

[la-belle-histoire]

Grand Duchess Elizabeta Feodorovna (Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine), 1878.

[nickysfacts]

With a beautiful voice, the Black Swan helped to challenge racist views on both sides of the Atlantic!

🎶👩🏾‍🦱🎶

[jadiah]

Do not put my beauty in a box

I can be all you see and more

I wear clothes that cling to every curve of my body

Or pieces that fall to my soles

I do not have to move myself to your desire

For I my move from what comes to my soul

I am my own person beautiful in every aspect

I am not someone you can control

Do not put my beauty in a box, love

For I am not a toy you can enjoy I am a woman who lives her life pure in my own form