William Downey, Lillie Langtry, August 1885.
Source: National Archives UK

William Downey, Lillie Langtry, August 1885.

Source: National Archives UK

Kirkland, Italian opera singer Luisa Tetrazzini, 16 February 1911.
Source: Library of Congress

Kirkland, Italian opera singer Luisa Tetrazzini, 16 February 1911.

Source: Library of Congress

Countess Sophie of Merenberg, Countess de Torby, ca. 1890s.
Source: Library of Congress

Countess Sophie of Merenberg, Countess de Torby, ca. 1890s.

Source: Library of Congress

Lady Southampton in a ballgown, 1896.

Lady Southampton in a ballgown, 1896.

The Duchess of Leinster, ca. 1890.

The Duchess of Leinster, ca. 1890.

Princesses Stéphanie and Louise Marie of Belgium, ca. 1880.

Princesses Stéphanie and Louise Marie of Belgium, ca. 1880.

Lillian Russell, ca. 1904.
Source: Library of Congress

Lillian Russell, ca. 1904.

Source: Library of Congress

Francesca Woodman, New York, 1979.

Francesca Woodman, New York, 1979.

Woman modelling a corset, 1898.

Woman modelling a corset, 1898.

Robert Wilson Shufeldt, Studies of the human form for artists, sculptors, and scientists, 1908.

Robert Wilson Shufeldt, Studies of the human form for artists, sculptors, and scientists, 1908.