Sunday, May 19, 2013

faustyflakes:

71st Regiment of Foot, Fraser’s Highlanders. Virginia.

faustyflakes:

Equestrian Portrait of Philippe V, 18th century, Jean Ranc. Detail.

faustyflakes:

Equestrian Portrait of Philippe V, 18th century, Jean Ranc. Detail.

cuirassier:

Death hussars, Prussia, 1786

cuirassier:

Death hussars, Prussia, 1786

Wednesday, May 15, 2013
un-boudoir:

Vladimir Borovikovsky, Portrait d’Elena Aleksandrovna Naryshkina
1799

un-boudoir:

Vladimir Borovikovsky, Portrait d’Elena Aleksandrovna Naryshkina

1799

cuirassier:

I used to be a king, then I took a dead cat to the shoulder…
From ” The battle that shook Europe - Poltava and the birth of the Russian empire” by Peter Englund, p. 54-55
Courtesy of mmeflamel

cuirassier:

I used to be a king, then I took a dead cat to the shoulder…

From ” The battle that shook Europe - Poltava and the birth of the Russian empire” by Peter Englund, p. 54-55

Courtesy of mmeflamel

peashooter85:

Rare Lorenzoni System flintlock rifle from Germany, dated 1730.

staysandstories:

British Redcoats

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Tuesday, May 14, 2013
omgthatdress:

Suit
1725-1750
The Metropolitan Museum of Art

omgthatdress:

Suit

1725-1750

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Monday, May 13, 2013
bantarleton:

British soldiers during the War of Spanish Succession, early 1700s. 

bantarleton:

British soldiers during the War of Spanish Succession, early 1700s. 

Sunday, May 12, 2013

faustyflakes:

Details from the raid at Martin’s Station, VA reenactment