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13/01/2023

Cretan Amazons Revisited

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In a previous post, we reported on a Penny Illustrated piece titled “Cretan Amazons” about a “‘brave, wild, ineffectual, almost suicidal struggle for independence” with fiction-like qualities. This was in…

25/02/2022

Cretan Amazons: A dress destined to affect the Parisian and English fashions (The Penny Illustrated, Jan. 1869)

Cretan Amazons: A dress destined to affect the Parisian and English fashions (The Penny Illustrated, Jan. 1869) https://revictoproject.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/1869-PIP-Cretan-Amazons-Jan9-2-2.jpg 907 933 REVICTO REVICTO //revictoproject.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/revicto1.png 25/02/2022 25/02/2022

The date is January 9, 1869, the 1866 Cretan Revolt is near its end and The Penny Illustrated Paper and Illustrated Times publishes a short article on a ‘brave, wild, ineffectual,…

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Cretan Amazons Revisited

Cretan Amazons: A dress destined to affect the Parisian and English fashions (The Penny Illustrated, Jan. 1869)

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