A fine example of a tutu-ed trapeze, this artist named Léonore, from the Era before The Era. Tendered by Marianne

 

A female member of what we presume was a larger entertainment team during The Era before The Era: The Great Leyghtons   From Marianne

 

Three of The Five Grebnieffs (We assume the other two are men) Poufy-clad Entertainers from The Era before The Era   From Marianne

 

Edwardian actress Gaynor Rowlands The Era before The Era

(above left) A most beautiful museum gown (right) McCall's June 1906

(above right) An entertainer?

(above center) Edwardian actress Marceline Day (right) Teresa Carreño, a child piano prodigy from The Era before The Era - enlargeable

 
(above left) Victorian actress Arlette Dorgère    (middle)  slightly enlargeable   (right) Actress Gaby Deslys - enlargeable

 

A most flamboyant skirt/bustle treatment, from the late 1870s.

Once in a while an Era-before- The Era train begs for a glance... Anne Pixley - 1885 (Socialite?)

 

A character in a popular Victorian novel, or so it seems Apparently, the novel deals with gender roles     Courtesy Misha Enlargeable