3.92 avg rating — 2,447 ratings

"This portrait is from the early 1800s (empire waist, short sleeved lightweight dress) and the book takes place in the 16th century. *facepalm*"

3.63 avg rating — 1,234 ratings

"As others have mentioned, the Boleyns and Henry VIII lived in the Tudor period (16th century), and this dress with the false sleeves and belt is a riff on a medieval dress from 400 years earlier."

4.09 avg rating — 1,300,387 ratings

"Austen's novels were written for the early 1800s. This painting is of two early 1900s women."

3.82 avg rating — 305,422 ratings

"This book is set in the 1920s - when they wore dropped waistlines (around the hip area). The natural waistline of the woman's garment looks more 1940s-50s."

4.03 avg rating — 160,545 ratings

"I voted for this one more because it's untrue to Kat's character - she is famous for her fashionable gowns, not puritan garb. Also this is a weirdly stereotypical Pilgrim dress that is poorly represented."

3.68 avg rating — 2,692 ratings

"This Princess must be a time traveler, because she's clearly wearing a JC Penney prom gown in the Dark Ages."

3.74 avg rating — 8,197 ratings

"This isn't even close to any 1920s silhouette, which is weird, since most people have at least a vague notion of that look."