1786 Countess Mária Anna Esterházy de Galántha, née Pálffy de Erdöd...
This is probably Mária Anna Jozefa Franciska de Paula Pálffy ab Erdõd whose genealogical sketch is here.From the Christie’s Web site.
View ArticleMadeleine Angélique Charlotte de Bréhant, duchesse de Maillé, by Joseph...
A genealogical sketch of her is here. The French-language Wikipédia article for her family mentions she was dame du palais for Marie Antoinette.From daguerre.fr/wp-content/uploads/80.
View Articleca. 1780 Lady Boston, née Christian Methuen by George Romney (location ?)
Her article in thepeerage is here.From the-athenaeum.
View Article1786 Lady, probably Madame (Charlotte Marie) Blondel d'Azincourt by...
Sotheby’s listed this as"Portrait of lady, probably Madame Blondel D'azincourt, dressed in a blue polka dot cape and fur muff."A genealogical sketch for her ishere.From the Sotheby’s Web site.
View ArticleMary Lemaistre (later Baroness Mary von Nolcken) (1744-c.1816) by John Smart...
While a genealogical sketch for her is here, the best write up I have seen for her comes from Philip Mould to accompany this image (changes italicized):“Mary Roche was born in Co. Cork, the daughter of...
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Marie Adrienne Francoise de Noailles, Marquise de La Fayette by ? (auctioned...
According to her Wikipedia article, she "...married Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette.They had four children: Henriette (1776–1778), Anastasie Louise Pauline du Motier (1777–1863), Georges...
View ArticleMary Finch-Hatton by George Romney (Frick Collection - New York City, New...
I cannot absolutely identify the sitter, but this may be Mary Murray whose Wikipedia article has some interesting items: "Lady Elizabeth Mary Murray (1760–1825) was a British aristocrat.Murray was...
View ArticleSAS la princesse de Monaco, Louise d'Aumont-Mazarin by ? (location ?)
Her Wikipedia article is here. She was a direct descendant of Hortense Mancini and she bore her first husband, Prince Honoré IV of Monaco, two sons who both had a chance to rule Monaco. She also bore...
View ArticleLouise d'Aumont Mazarin, Duchesse d'Aumont by Antoine Vestier (Cleveland...
The last image is probably the central portion of this image.From Wikimedia; size doubled.
View Articleca. 1789 Urszula Dembińska, née Morsztyn by Johann Baptist Lampi (Muzeum...
A good biographical article can be seen here. A genealogical sketch is here.From smallbay.ru/artrussia/lampi_iogann.html.
View Article1780 Giuseppina Cles (also called Urszula Dembińska) by Giovanni Battista...
While I have found the Cles family is Italian aristocracy, I can find nothing about Giuseppina Cles. The order bow was a strong indicator that this person is an aristocrat. A portrait of Urszula...
View Article1788 Karoline Gräfin von Hessenstein geb. von Schlotheim by Wilhelm Böttner...
Her English-language Wikipedia article is here. According to this article, she bore 10 children, of whom five reached adulthood.From Wikimedia.
View Article1785 Princess Cecilia Mahony Giustiniani (1740–1789) by Pompeo Batoni...
Her genealogical sketch is probably here.From artuk.org.
View Article1777-1792 Henrietta Boyle (1755/1756–1793), Mrs John O’Neill (?) attributed...
Her article in thepeerage is here.From artuk.org; shadows slightly filled in.
View Article1777-1792 Honourable Henrietta Boyle (1755/1756–1793), Mrs John O’Neill (?)...
From artuk.org; fixed borders between large plates of almost-cracked paint with Photoshop and reduced the temperature.
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SUBALBUM: Marie Adrienne Francoise de Noailles, Marquise de La Fayette
According to her Wikipedia article, she "...married Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette.They had four children: Henriette (1776–1778), Anastasie Louise Pauline du Motier (1777–1863), Georges...
View ArticleFrances Willock (1759-1806) attributed to Ozias Humphrey (auctioned by...
The only genealogical information I can find shows that Frances married Francis - Frances “Fanny” (1759–1806) ∞ 1785 Francis Willock (1759–1829), son of Alexander Willock."From Pinterest search; spots...
View Article1785 (in or before) Frédérique-Élisabeth de Wurtemberg, grande-duchesse...
Her Wikipedia article is here.From altesses.eu-princes190.php; size fixed at 27.2 cm high at 45 pixels/cm.This shows a coiffure in the process of changing from the towering 1770s big curl styles to the...
View Articleca. 1780 Françoise Jeanne Thérèse Hardyle, duchesse de Rurange by circle of...
I cannot find information about her although I did find a malware installer during the search. I am finding malware installers masquerading as Adone flash player upgrade installers.From...
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