Masques et vi posters & prints

My husband's last passion? See what the daguerreotype says. Not pretty, a common air, and what awful hands...one wonders what... Paul Gavarni

Masques et visages: Paric, par-la: Phèdre au Théâtre-Francais…, 1857-1858 Paul Gavarni

Masque of Charles VI of France Anonymous

If I were you I would blame him for all of my faults and that would be the end of... Paul Gavarni

Masques et Visages Paul Gavarni

Masques et Visages: Par-ci, Par-la, 1850s Paul Gavarni

Charitable sir, may God save your sons from my daughters Paul Gavarni

My pet, you can never find anyone to scratch you as well as you can scratch yourself Paul Gavarni

Illustration from 'Masques et Buffons', 1862 Maurice Sand

Spouse cooing next to her master Paul Gavarni

Masques et visages: Par-ci, par-la: Mame Beauminet, ta majeste…, 1857-58 Paul Gavarni

Bird of Passage Paul Gavarni

Charles VI Jacques Etienne Pannier

Unknown Lady in Masque Costume, c.1670 Pierre Mignard

Masques de 1831, 1832 Honoré Daumier

(The Duke to his wife) You have enough virtue left to make me happy Paul Gavarni

Noblewoman of the time of Charles VI of France Petit

French costume: Charles VI, Charles VII, Louis XI Anonymous

Portrait of Edward VI, King of England Simon van de Passe

French costume: Charles V, Charles VI Anonymous

Portrait of the Pope Pius VI, 1776 Anonymous

The Masque of Queens... Ben Johnson

Edward VI Rosalind Thornycroft

My friend, your wife is charming. My friend, yours is even more so Paul Gavarni

Do you know that charming woman? Perfectly, she is the woman of two of my friends Paul Gavarni

Not love me any more! ...but, Pamela, that would be a luxury beyond your means Paul Gavarni

Portrait of Frederick VI of Denmark, 1820 Anonymous

To Bethlehem: A Christmas Masque Arthur Rackham

Heralds announcing the death of Charles VI to his son Henry Shaw

I express my condolences, Madame, widow of the world Paul Gavarni

And here is the enormous secret that my husband has been hiding from me for a month. And you knew... Paul Gavarni

Illustration for Poe's Masque of Red Death Charles Demuth

King George VI Cecil Beaton

Noblewoman of the time of Charles VI of France Petit

King Edward VI. England, 17th century Unknown

Charles VI, King of France, catches fire at a masquerade party / Ablabius ordered by Constantine the Great to be... Johannes Boekholt