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<n>She Looks Well at a Ball</n>, an illustration of a <n>Gibson Girl</n> by <n>Charles Dana Gibson</n> from 1901.

Fashion plate from the Russian magazine <n>Fashion Courier</n>, issue No. 15, 1901.

<n>Elvi Maarni</n>'s painting <n>Handcraft</n>, 1951.

<n>Redfern</n> evening dress fashion plate, 1926.

<n>Diana the Huntress</n> (1658) by Italian artist <n>Guercino</n>.

Cover for <n>Natalie Merchant</n>'s album <n>Keep Your Courage</n>, a photo of a <n>Joan of Arc</n> sculpture by <n>Olivia Bee</n>.

<n>The Years Lie in Wait for You</n>, a 1935 photograph by <n>Surrealist</n> artist <n>Dora Maar</n>.

<n>Première entrée des fantômes</n>, a costume design by <n>Daniel Rabel</n> for the 1626 ballet <n>Le Noces de Thétis et de Pélée</n>.

Anatomical plate from <n>Tabulae anatomicae</n> (1741) by <n>Pietro da Cortona</n> and <n>Gaetano Petrioli</n>.

<n>Sensitive</n> (1847), an illustration by <n>J.J. Grandville</n> from the book <n>Les Fleurs animées</n>.

<n>Seance</n>, an oil on wood painting by British artist <n>Stephen Mackey</n>.

<n>Night</n> (c. 1912), a painting by <n>Pre-Raphaelite</n> artist <n>Edward Robert Hughes</n>.

Dancer <n>Martha Graham</n>. Photo by <n>Soichi Sunami</n>.

Detail from <n>Philippe de Champaigne</n>'s painting <n>Saint Augustine</n> (1645-1650).

Photographic juxtaposition by editor <n>Stefan Lorant</n> for <n>Lilliput</n> magazine, 1937. The left photo, "Our Lily," is by <n>Bohumil Kröhn</n>.

Photograph of dancer and actress <n>Maud Allan</n>.

Performer <n>Liliane Gilbert</n> in <n>Julian Wylie</n>'s revue <n>Round in Fifty</n>, 1922.

<n>McCall Quarterly</n> cover for Winter 1927-28, illustrated by <n>Eduardo Benito</n>. Design by <n>House of Worth</n>.

Illustration by <n>René Gruau</n> for the July 1950 cover of <n>Vogue</n>.

A photograph from the series <n>Northern Yemen</n> by photographer <n>Yumna Al-Arashi</n>.

A detail from <n>Diana and Cupid</n> (1761), a painting by <n>Pompeo Batoni</n>.