est100 一些攝影(some photos): Historic pictures, Victorian Britain, 歷史照片, 維多利亞時代的英國

2016年9月22日星期四

Historic pictures, Victorian Britain, 歷史照片, 維多利亞時代的英國

Stunning photographs taken on the beach at Scarborough, North Yorkshire, between 1895 and 1902 have given an insight into Victorian Britain. This shot shows fashionable ladies flashing their ankles as they paddle in the shallows. This would have been shocking at the time as the rules of decorum dictated that women should never show their legs in public. Dressed in elegant bonnets and dressed the two older women almost certainly belonged to the wealthy upper class. They were accompanied by a teenage girl in a straw boater hat and a younger girl carrying a spade