1906 Print Paulus Moreelse Portrait Lady Ruff Dress Slashed Puff Sleeve XGI6 XGOC2 Kingdom of Belgium

Kingdom of Belgium

for the Peace Jubilee which was a celebration held in Philadelphia in October of 1898 as the Spanish-American War was nearing an end

but died a year later from illness

This is an original 1939 halftone print of the East Rand Proprietary Mines a one hundred year old underground gold mining operation located on the Witwatersrand Basin in the city of Boksburg

1906 Print Paulus Moreelse Portrait Lady Ruff Dress Slashed Puff Sleeve XGI6 XGOC2 Kingdom of BelgiumThis is an original 1906 halftone print of a portrait done by Paulus Moreelse, simply entitled "A Lady." Born in Utrecht, the Netherlands, during 1571, he was a member of the painters' Guild of Saint Luke, and enjoyed fame as a portrait painter during his lifetime. With regards to this piece, the woman is sporting a style which was extremely popular in Holland and the Northern parts of Europe. It featured trends like puffed sleeves ,which were slashed