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

Photograph of a Javanese woman, c. 1900

“Madame de Pompadour in her study” by Maurice Quentin de la Tour, c. 1748-1755

Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia, c. 1911

Queen Maud of Norway

Maha Vajirunhis, Crown Prince of Siam, 1894

Virginia Oldoïni, Countess of Castiglione, 1860s

Empress Elisabeth of Austria, 1861

Queen Kapiʻolani of Hawaiʻi

Poet, editor and writer Susan Huntington Gilbert Dickinson (1830-1913). She was also the sister-in-law and friend of famous poet Emily Dickinson

Empress Elizabeth of Russia Portrait by Heinrich Buchholz

Photograph of an unidentified woman by Edward M. Estabrooke, 1870

Marie Leszczyńska, Queen of France Portrait attributed to Jean-Marc Nattier, c. 1748-60

Queen Victoria, 1854

Queen Isabella II of Spain and her daughter Isabella, Princess of Asturias Portrait by Franz Xaver Winterhalter in 1852

Prominent jazz singer, pianist and actress Hazel Scott (1920-1981), c. 1940s-50s

Actress Maude Fealy, 1902

Grand Duchess Alexandra Iosifovna of Russia with her children (clockwise): Nikolai, Olga, Dimitri, Vera and Konstantin, c. 1863

Crown Princess Kaʻiulani of Hawaiʻi (1875-1899), the last heir apparent of the kingdom. She continued to fight for Native Hawaiian causes after the annexation

Gustav Badin (originally named Couchi), a Swedish court servant, foster son of Queen Louisa Ulrika & diarist. Described as intelligent & confident, Badin seemed to be greatly favoured & was bestowed some sources of financial security & titles including court secretary & Assessor

Actress and inventor Hedy Lamarr in Ziegfeld Girl (1941)

Louise, Princess Royal, Queen Louise of Denmark and Alexandra, Princess of Wales at the wedding of George, Duke of York and Mary of Teck, 6 July 1893

Vivien Leigh as Titania in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Old Vic Theatre, 1937

Contestants of the first Miss Chinatown pageant, 1948. Penny Wong (on the left end) was the winner

Princess Charlotte of Saxe-Hildburghausen, Princess Paul of Württemberg (1787-1847) Portrait by Johann Philipp Bach, 1815-20

Queen Marie of Romania holding a model of the Curtea de Argeș Monastery

Princess Fawzia Fuad of Egypt, formerly Queen of Iran, c. 1940s

Photograph of an unidentified young woman, c. 1860 From Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Marie Antoinette, Queen of France Portrait by Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun, 1778

Haircare entrepreneur, activist, philanthropist and the first American female self-made millionaire Madam C. J. Walker (1867-1919)

Louise Élisabeth of France, Duchess of Parma with her daughter Isabella, painted by Jean-Marc Nattier, 1750

Infanta Aldegundes, Duchess of Guimarães and Countess of Bardi, 1876

Emperor Muhi-ud-Din Muhammad or Aurangzeb of the Mughal Empire (1618-1707)

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Queen Sirikit of Thailand, c. 1960s

Josephine Baker, circa 1920s

Marie Alexandrina of Saxe-Altenburg, Queen of Hanover, painted by Karl Ferdinand Sohn, 1855

Queen Olga of Greece, c. 1880s

Oscar Wilde looking fabulous with a cape, 1882

Photograph of Miss Poe, 1900

Queen Margherita of Italy

Elisabeth of the Palatinate, Princess-Abbess of Herford Abbey (1618-1680) Portrait by Gerard van Honthorst, 1636

Photograph of Madame Silvy taken by her husband Camille Silvy, c. 1863

Queen Kapiʻolani of Hawaiʻi, 1863

Grand Duchess Alice of Hesse, 1870s

Italian ballerina Carlotta Brianza performing in the title role of Sleeping Beauty, 1890

Paris during the Exposition Universelle of 1900

Archduchess Maria Christina of Austria, Duchess of Teschen Portrait by Alexander Roslin, 1778

Greek-Austrian Baroness Hélène Baltazzi

Queen Ranavalona III of Madagascar, c. 1880s-90s