With the development of the photograph camera by Eastman, the history of Royals and of fashion was now recorded life to death.
While the camera was not yet available to the every day person at the time, portraiture of those who could afford it took on a whole new meaning. While most were posing for stiff and formal portraits only, European nobility had the luxury of documenting every day life through “snapshots” or casual/candid photos such as these of the Napoleon III family in the 1860-80’s.
(Featured photo: In her crinoline sporting black in 1862. Below with her son in 1860 (check out that carpet!)
