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Asian history geek sharing history pictures. Sharing history stuff especially about BIPOC. Sharing discoveries I come across
Crown Princess Victoria of Prussia, c. 1862-63
November 21, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Charlotte, Hereditary Princess of Saxe-Meiningen in Thuringian costume
November 21, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Archduchess Clotilde of Austria, c. 1870
November 20, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Empress Myeongseong of Joseon (1851-1895)
November 20, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Monet with a visitor in his garden, Giverny, 1922
November 19, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Princess Palatine Elisabeth Charlotte, Duchess of Orléans with her son Philippe

Portrait by Constantijn Netscher, late 17th century
November 19, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Princesses Dagmar and Alexandra of Denmark, c. 1861-62
November 18, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Photograph of an unidentified woman, c. 1870s-1880s
November 18, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges (1745-1799). He was a Black French composer (the first Black classical composer), violinist, conductor, a Revolutionary colonel and champion fencer. He was also known as “Black Mozart”

Portrait by Mather Brown, 1787
November 17, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Photograph of a Javanese woman, c. 1900
November 17, 2025 at 8:57 AM
“Madame de Pompadour in her study” by Maurice Quentin de la Tour, c. 1748-1755
November 16, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia, c. 1911
November 16, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Queen Maud of Norway
November 15, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Maha Vajirunhis, Crown Prince of Siam, 1894
November 15, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Virginia Oldoïni, Countess of Castiglione, 1860s
November 14, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Empress Elisabeth of Austria, 1861
November 13, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Queen Kapiʻolani of Hawaiʻi
November 13, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Poet, editor and writer Susan Huntington Gilbert Dickinson (1830-1913). She was also the sister-in-law and friend of famous poet Emily Dickinson
November 12, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Empress Elizabeth of Russia

Portrait by Heinrich Buchholz
November 12, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Photograph of an unidentified woman by Edward M. Estabrooke, 1870
November 11, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Marie Leszczyńska, Queen of France

Portrait attributed to Jean-Marc Nattier, c. 1748-60
November 11, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Queen Victoria, 1854
November 10, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Queen Isabella II of Spain and her daughter Isabella, Princess of Asturias

Portrait by Franz Xaver Winterhalter in 1852
November 9, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Prominent jazz singer, pianist and actress Hazel Scott (1920-1981), c. 1940s-50s
November 9, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Actress Maude Fealy, 1902
November 8, 2025 at 12:58 PM