Asta Nielsen and Lilly Jacobson in Hamlet. German postcard by Ross Verlag, Berlin, nº 644/6. Photo: Art-Film. Asta Nielsen-Film. Asta Nielsen as a female Hamlet and Lilly Jacobsson as the love interest Ophelia in the 1921 German silent adaptation of William Shakespeare’s Hamlet (Svend Gade, Heinz Schall). Asta Nielsen produced the film herself. | src Flickr
Helen Messinger Murdoch :: Brides’ Costume, Darjeeling, ca. 1914. Autochrome. | src V&A Museum Autochrome depicting a young woman in traditional bridal wear in Darjeeling. Interior scene with the subject stood against a wallpapered wall, a window covered with a net curtain is on the left of the image.