Students and scholars of theater, as well as practitioners in these fields, will derive value from images of paintings, photographs, and drawings of costumes, venues, and staged performances — ancient to contemporary — as well as posed portraits and performance shots of notable figures, including playwrights, theater directors, set and costume designers, and actors.

This searchable database of over 1.6 million high quality images offers tools for viewing, sharing, and saving visual materials. Create an account using your Skidmore e-mail address in order to download images. If you are looking for photographs of costume and apparel, use the advanced search feature to narrow your results to "fashion, costume, and jewelry." But remember, you can find valuable information about period costume by looking at the visual art of the period (painting, drawing, etc.)

Provides integrated text and image content on world dress and fashion throughout history. This online portal contains an image bank including images of costumes in the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and other collections. Search for “images only” or browse by time or place.