Hon. Isabella Ingram, later Marchioness of Hertford by John Hoppner (Temple...
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Right Honble. Lady Beauchamp by W. Nutter after Sir Joshua Reynolds
From www.sandersofoxford.com.Marchioness Isabella wears a dress with a neckline hidden by her large fichu. The portrait shows fully stuffed sleeves and the obligatory wrap, this time in black.Keywords:...
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1781 Isabella, 2nd Marchioness of Hertford, as Lady Beauchamp by John Downman...
Marchioness Isabella is a symphony in white beginning with a high powdered wig under a cap with feathers sprouting from a jeweled holder. Then comes the frills of her neckline and at the elbows of her...
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Mrs. Thomas Edwards Freeman (1758-1782), three-quarter-length, in a white...
According to thepeerage, they had a daughter Elizabeth who married one Sir Thomas Freeman-Heathcote, 4th Baronet. There is no trace of Mrs. Thomas Edwards Freeman in thepeerage.From the Christie's Web...
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Emilia (Emily) Charlotte Lennox by John Hoppner (auctioned by DuMouchelles)
Her article in thepeerage is here.From www.artscroll.ru; image size doubled by gogm.This thoroughly late Georgian portrait of Lady Emilia Lennox may date to about when she married in 1784.Keywords:...
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Lady, said to be Lady Macauliffe, half length, in a light dress holding a...
I cannot find anything out about Lady MacAuliffe other than this portrait.From artscroll.ru; edges fixed and spots removed from background with Photoshop by gogm.Lady MacAuliffe is dressed in...
View ArticleSUBALBUM: Jane Maxwell, Duchess of Gordon
According to her Wikipedia article, that has a link to this image, "Jane had a nasty accident as a 14 year-old when playing in the High Street in Edinburgh. She somehow got a finger of her right hand...
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ca. 1780 British robe à la polonaise (Metropolitan Museum of Art - New York...
The left image is from pinterest.com/ninonette/fashion-through-the-ages and the right image is from the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Web site.This polonaise has two lobes rather than the single lobe of...
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ca. 1780 British robes à la Polonaise (Metropolitan Museum of Art - New York...
The closest polonaise does not have visible pouffs while the more distant one has pouffs on the sides.Keywords: 1780, British, floral hats, ribbon headdress, shawl, lace, tight sleeves, waist band,...
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Emilia Olivia St. George, Duchess of Leinster by Hugh Douglas Hamilton...
Her article in thepeerage is here.From Wikimedia.This portrait of Emilia Olivis St. George is dominated by her towering coiffure that is almost as tall as her head. Her dress is simple.Keywords:...
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1788 Lady Altamont, née Lady Louisa Catherine Howe by George Romney (Tate...
According to her article in thepeerage, "...She married, firstly, John Denis Browne, 1st Marquess of Sligo... on 21 May 1787. She married, secondly, William Scott, 1st and last Baron Stowell of Stowell...
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1785-1790 between Eleanor and Margaret Ross by Alexander Nasmyth (Yale Center...
I cannot locate information about either one.From Wikimedia.Early Revolutionary style is evolutionary given the streamlining of dress, as seen here, in the years just before the French Revolution....
View Article1785 Mr and Mrs William Hallett ('The Morning Walk') by Thomas Gainsborough...
I cannot fins anything about them in thepeerage.These are The National Gallery's e-notes for this work: "'The Morning Walk' by Thomas Gainsborough shows an elegant young couple strolling through a...
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1776 Charlotte Bettesworth (c.1755–1841), Mrs John Sargent by George Romney...
While the Bettesworth and Sargent families are acknowledged in thepeerage, neither Charlotte nor John are listed.From bbc.co.Charlotte Bettesworth wears a white dress, a cap or turban with a gold...
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1777-1779 Anne, Countess of Albemarle, and Her Son by George Romney (Kenwood...
Countess Anne wears an un-powdered, but still large, coiffure in this Romney ftom the later 1770s.Keywords: 1777, Romney family, Delmé family, high long coiffure, ribbon headdress, scoop neckline,...
View Article1777-1779 Anne, née Miller Countess of Albemarle, and Her Son by George...
Her article in thepeerage is here.From bbc.co; image made lighter and enlarged by half by gogm.
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ca. 1775-1776 Elizabeth, Lady Forbes by Sir Joshua Reynolds (auctioned by...
Her article in thepeerage is here.From issuu.com/artsolution/docs/rgportraiture_-o; size doubled by gogm.It's the 1770s and coiffures are big and straight. Lady Forbes wears a criss-cross bodice under...
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ca. 1779-1780 Elizabeth, Viscountess Folkestone (1711–1782) by Thomas...
From bbc.co.An elderly Lady Forbes has draped a veil and the probable train of her skirt in this Gainsborough portrait.Keywords: 1779, Gainsborough, straight coiffure, veil, high enclosing neckline,...
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Catherine Hume of Ninewells by Archibald Skirving (National Gallery of...
Her genealogical sketch may be this one.The wide-brimmed feathered hat and bouffant coiffure suggest this portrait dates from the 1780s, possibly somewhat later.Keywords: Skirving, Catherine Hume,...
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Catherine Fleming (d.1786), Lady Leicester by Francis Cotes (Tabley House -...
Her article in thepeerage is here.From bbc.co; image enlarged by half by gogm.Lady Leicester wears a luxurious British casual dress indoors under a fur-trimmed coat with long flared sleeves.Keywords:...
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