This dazzling collection of Victoran-era illustrations features an extraordinary array of men and women from dowagers and debutantes to mandarins and monarchs -- more than 300 portraits of people from a wide range of historical periods and cultures. Here are soldiers and sailors, aging matrons and sparkling beauties, kings and Indian princesses, plus gentlemen of every description -- sporting top hats, powdered wigs, and other regalia. It's an excellent source of material for printers, collagists, decoupeurs, and other craftworkers.