Bygone Years

Gown, 1774-75

Group Having Picnic In Woods With Horses and Wagons In Background, 1895

The damaged German warship Adler lays on its port side on the Bay of Apia beach after a hurricane washed it ashore, 1889.

Eiffel Tower Under Construction, 1887-89

Paris Exhibition of 1889

Crowds at The Eiffel Tower, 1887-89

1889 Paris Exposition

Saint Peter’s Basilica, Rome, 1880s

Bell Telephone Exhibit at Paris Exposition of 1889

Michael Stennet designed this costume for Alfonso d’Este in Donizetti’s opera Lucrezia Borgia, for the Royal Opera in 1980.