From Wikimedia.
While her dress is missing rever panels, it does have a separate stomacher made of layers of ruched lace alternating with layers of lace formed into bows. Her dress does not appear to have an over-skirt.
Keywords: Matthieu, straight coffure, cap, jeweled headdress, veil, lace, scoop neckline, modesty piece, three quarter length tight sleeves, bows, engageantes, stomacher, vee waistline, neck band, pin, earrings, robes
A biographical writeup about her in Italian can be found here.
From Wkimedia. Photo - Ji-Elle; lightness added to image with Photoshop.
Marie Angelique's dressmaker used striped cloth panels and ruched strips plus a complimentary translucent material for her modesty piece and striped bows for the dress she wears for this picture.
Keyword: 1778, Huin, Ji-Elle, high straight coiffure, cap, ruffles, bows, scarf, scoop neckline, modesty piece, bertha, bows, tent bodice, ruching, close sleeves
Lake Albano is in a volcanic crater, presumably a caldera, in Italy.
From Wikimedia.
Elizabeth Hervey had two husbands, the fourth Earl of Bristol, who she married in 1776 and separated from five years later, and the Duke of Devonshire who she married in 1809. The georgianaduchessofdevonshire.blogspot named her Tart of the Week on 13 June 2008. She moved in with Georgiana, the first Duchess of Devonshire, swept her husband’s heart away, had two children by him, and married him after Georgiana died proving “All’s fair in love and war.” Her Wikipedia article is here.
This portrait may be advertising for prospective mates. She wears what appears to be hat with a mildly stuffed rim and feathers while she fills a simple white satin dress.
Keywords: Greuze, French, long bouffant coiffure, feathered hat, ribbon headdress, scarf, bows, square neckline, close sleeves
Her article in thepeerage, that identifies her as Emily Mary Hill, is here. Her mother-in-law is depicted here.
From fineartamerica.com.
Mary Amelia wears a boffant coiffure under a cap and a dress with a satin bodice and matching draped over-skirt and a casual under-skirt gathered with one wide flounce at the hem.
Keywords: 1780, Reynolds, Mary Amelia Hill, Gill family, Cecil family, Countess, Marquise, British, bouffant coiffure, cap, fichu, elbow length close sleeves, cuffs, full skirt, over-skirt, drapery, bows, under-skirt, flounces, maxi-length skirt, gloves, shoes
From Wikimedia.
Lady Louisa appears to be wearing a black yoke bodice and a striped under-bodice and, surely, a chemise for modesty. There is a mystery here - she was born in 1745 and this portrait is dated to 1821, making her around 76. This ia a portrait of somebody who could be 16 or 26.
Keywords: 1821, Hoppner, Lady Louisa Manners, Tollemache family, Manners family, Countess, British, curly coiffure, scarf, hat, bows, trapezoidal neckline, modesty piece, under-bodice, vee décolletage, quarter length close sleeves, yoke over-bodice, criss-cross bodice, bows, cape, close skirt
Her article in thepeerage is here.
From www.artscroll.ru/page.php?al=John_Hoppner_hudozhnik; size doubled by gogm.
Lady Louisa makes her first appearance in British casual day dress with something spilling out of the décolletage of what appears to be a criss-cross bodice. She wears a large coiffure typical of the late 1770s - without powder.
Keywords: 1779, Reynolds, Lady Louisa Manners, Tollemache family, Manners family, Countess, British, high straight coiffure, scoop décolletage, modesty piece, criss-cross bodice, elbow length sleeves, waist band, full skirt, coat, elbow length notched over-sleeves, shoes
Her article in thepeerage is here.
From oldgreypony.wordpress.com/tag/georgian-portraiture/.
Elizabeth Courtenay wears a British casual dress and a lightweight coat or jacket for this Cosway miniature from about 1788. Both her dress and coat could have a ruff.
Keywords: 1788, Cosway, Elizabeth Courtenay, Courtenay family, Somerset family, British, bouffant coiffure, hair jewelry, vee neckline, collar, ruff, close sleeves, waist band, bows, natural waistline, coat, quarter length close sleeves, necklace
She was, according to Wikipedia, the last Holy Roman Empress and the first Empress of Austria. She was born in 1772 and "...was the eldest of 17 children born to her parents, the King and Queen, Maria Carolina, of Naples and Sicily."
She died in childbirth before she could become Empress. Her Wikipedia article is here.
From 18thcenturyblog.com/2012/03/george-romney.
Lady Mary looks contented as she rests her head on her hand while wearing a British casual tunic under an over-dress secured by a single clasp in this Romney portrait from 1780-1781.
Keywords: 1780, Romney Mary Jemima Yorke, Yorke family, Robinson family, Baroness, British, high straight coiffure, ribbon headdress, under-dress, scoop neckline, elbow length puffed sleeves, natural waistline, close skirt, over-dress, elbow length notched sleeves, earrings, clasps
From 18thcenturyblog.com/2012/03/george-romney.
Lydia's bodice is decorated with two columns of buttons while a now de rigueur fichu fills in her square neckline in this Romney portrait from the early 1780s.
Keywords: 1780, Romney, Lydia Henrietta Hoare, Malortie family, Hoare family, British, long curly bouffant coiffure, veil, fichu, vee neckline, bodice, square neckline, buttons, lone tight sleeves, vee waistline, full skirt
I looked for the location and the reliable site The Athenaeum states the location is not known.
There is an article about Sir Christopher Sykes and his children in thepeerage, but no mention of her.
From 18thcenturyblog.com/2012/03/george-romney?.
Lady Sykes wears a full-skirted dress with vee waistline. Her skirt is not wide enough to need substantial mechanical supports, but there may be some structure below to support the weight of her skirt and her over-skirt.
Keywords: 1786, Romney, British, straight bouffant coiffure, jeweled headdress, cap, chemise, scoop neckline, long tight sleeves, vee waistline, full skirt, over-skirt, shoes
According to her article in thepeerage, she was born Henrietta Vernon and had four children with George Greville, second Earl of Warwick.
From 18thcenturyblog.com/2012/03/george-romney?.
The white satin dress with tight sleeves and over-skirt is almost a uniform for British Ladies at this time, at least for thos sitting for George Romney. Her dress probably has a natural waistline.
Keywords: 1787, Romney, Henrietta Vernon, Henrietta Greville, Countess of Warwick, Vernon family, Greville family, Countess, British, curly bouffant coiffure, ribbon headdress, fichu, scoop neckline, long tight sleeves, buttons, full skirt, over-skirt, shoes
Her Wikipedia article begins, "Louise Auguste of Denmark, Duchess of Augustenborg or Louise Augusta, (7 July 1771 – 13 January 1843) was a Danish princess, officially daughter of King Christian VII of Denmark and Queen Caroline Mathilde. Unofficially it is widely accepted that her natural father was Johann Friedrich Struensee, the king’s royal physician and de facto regent of the country at the time of her birth. She was referred to sometimes as 'la petite Struensee;' this did not, however, have any effect on her position."
The only references to "pelagic" or any word like it that I had heard of before seeing this image were references to the open ocean (e.g., "pelagic biome" that extends from the open, non-coastal, ocean surface to however far down the bottom may be, up to 10.9 km). The name Pelagia means "of the sea" according to Think Baby Names.
Her genealogy can be seen here.
This does not look like everyday dress; she would be noticed if she wore it on the street.
Keywords: 1793, Vigée-Lebrun, Pelagia Potocka, Potocki family, Sapieha family, Countess, long curly coiffure, turban, single shoulder neckline, waist band, natural high neckline, close skirt, bracelets, wrap, theatrical dress
Is this supposed to be Naples? According to Madame Guillotine, "On the run from the French Revolution, the celebrated society portrait painter Madame Vigée-Lebrun went on a tour of some of the royal courts of Europe, where she painted portraits and recorded her impressions of her noble and royal sitters for a gleeful and very appreciative posterity. One of her first stops was the court of Marie Antoinette’s elder and favourite sister, Maria Carolina, Queen on Naples at the Palace of Caserta…" So that is Vesuvio smoking in the lower right.
From thevictorianlady.tumblr.com/post/7322744924/princess-sapiena-nee-potocka-or-dancing-with.
Pelagia's pose is theatric, but her dress probably is not in this 1794 Vigée-Lebrun portrait.
Keywords: 1794, Vigée-Lebrun, Pelagia Potocka, Potocki family, Sapieha family, Countess, long curly coiffure, head band, chemise, quarter length full sleeves, bodice, waist band, natural high neckline, close skirt, arm bands, wrap
From maria-antonia.justgoo.com/t109-victoire-armande-princesse-de-guemenee; purplish color removed and contrast altered by gogm.
The wide hat and frizzy coiffure beneath it suggests this dates from the later 1780s.
Keywords: Brun, Victoire de Rohan, Marie Thérèse de France, Princess, Rohan family, French, long frizzy coiffure, ribboned hat, vee neckline, fichu, close sleeves
