Roses (Comtesse de Castiglione) by Pierre-Louis Pierson, 1860s

Roses (Comtesse de Castiglione) by Pierre-Louis Pierson, 1860s

A Stolen Interview by Edmund Blair Leighton, 1866

A Stolen Interview by Edmund Blair Leighton, 1866

French Couple, ca 1860

French Couple, ca 1860

Vintage Victorian Advert for Crinolines - Ladies Magazine Jan 1866

Vintage Victorian Advert for Crinolines - Ladies Magazine Jan 1866

Advertisement from the Montgomery Daily Mail, Dec. 1, 1860
Dec. 1, newspapers and handbills announced the first appearance of a familiar actor under an only half-familiar name: J. Wilkes Booth. He was to take the title parts in a long-forgotten drama, “Rafaelle,” and another Shakespeare play, “Richard III.”

Advertisement from the Montgomery Daily Mail, Dec. 1, 1860

Dec. 1, newspapers and handbills announced the first appearance of a familiar actor under an only half-familiar name: J. Wilkes Booth. He was to take the title parts in a long-forgotten drama, “Rafaelle,” and another Shakespeare play, “Richard III.”

Jane Morris, 1865 (Left); Reverie by Rossetti, 1868 (Right)

Jane Morris, 1865 (Left); Reverie by Rossetti, 1868 (Right)

Jane Morris by John R. Parsons

Jane Morris by John R. Parsons

 Jane Morris, posed by Rossetti by John R. Parsons, 1865

 Jane Morris, posed by Rossetti by John R. Parsons, 1865

May Morning, Jane Morris by by J. Robert Parsons

May Morning, Jane Morris by by J. Robert Parsons

NIGHTNIGHT by DEDDY