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1785-1786 Sophia Charlotte, Lady Sheffield by Thomas Gainsborough (National...
From Wikimedia.Lady Sheffield displays luxurious British casual dress in her Gainsborough portrait. Hats would not again reach such staggering size until the early 1910s.Keywords: 1785, Gainsborough,...
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ca. 1779 Marie Thérèse Charlotte of France and her governess, Victoire...
Everybody's happy - Princess Victoire, Marie Antoinette (looking down from the wall), Louis XVI or the Prince de Soubise (as a bust statue), and Madame Royale in this Dupin print from about 1779....
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1785 Charlotte Marie de Gasville by Antoine Vestier (Carnegie Museum of Art,...
Size set at 38.44 cm high at 28.35 pixels/cm on 12 September 2014.**********Charlotte Marie wears a dress with a tent bodice and the mandatory fichu and bouffant coiffure.Keywords: 1785, Vestier,...
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1786 Bolette Marie Lindencrone by Jens Juel (private collection)
From Wikimedia.European style focuses on the neckline, this time with a ruff bordered by a fichu and all adorned with a sprig of flowers in Bolette Lindencrone's portrait by Juel. While bouffant...
View Article1785 Victoire Pauline de Riquet de Caraman, wife of Jean Louis, Vicomte de...
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View ArticleLouise d'Esparbès de Lussan by Alexander Kucharsky (Versailles)
This is her brief Wikipedia article: "Marie Louise d’Esparbès de Lussan, by marriage vicomtesse then comtesse de Polastron (Bardigues, 19 October 1764 - London, 27 March 1804) was a member of the...
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Louise of Altenburg by Daniel Woge (auctioned)
From Wikimedia.Louise's dress is very simple with a big bow and a set of lace berthas to add ornament to her pastel blue satin bodice.Keywords: Woge, Wettin family, Mecklenburg family, Princess,...
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1780 Countess de Bavière-Grosberg by Alexander Roslin (auctioned)
The high coiffures could have been breath taking as suggested by this portrait of Countess Baviere-Grosberg wearing a powdered coiffure over a dress with a lace modesty piece and forward-back flared...
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1781 (before) Ludwika Zamoyska by Marcello Bacciarelli (location unknown to...
Photo - Mieczysław Porębski.This is an interesting cold-climate take on 1780s fashion with a less flamboyant bouffant coiffure tied under a cap above a fur-trimmed coat.Keywords: 1781, Bacciarelli,...
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ca. 1786 María Ana de Pontejos y Sandoval, Marchioness of Pontejos by...
From Wikimedia.After a significant hiatus, the end of the 1700s sees a resurgence in Spanish style as portrayed here in Goya's portrait of the Marquise of Pontejos in 1786. The style looks like a...
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1786 Anne, Lady de la Pole by George Romney (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston...
From ARTExplorer's photostream on flickr.Lady de la Pole's dress has what appears to be a buttoned vest bodice with sawtooth-edged straps over her chemise that provides the sleeves of her dress in this...
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1788 Lady Lemon by George Romney (location unknown to gogm)
From Maulleigh's photostream on flickr; Photo - Maulleigh.Lady Lemon wears an Anglo-sheath dress without the separate bodice and with a waist band decorated with ribbons in this 1788 Romney...
View Articleca. 1780 Juliane von Schaumburg Lippe by ? (location unknown to gogm)
According to her Wikipedia article,"The Government of Juliane is considered extremely beneficial. She conducted thorough reforms of the economy and education, downsized the court, continued the...
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1780 Augusta Louise zu Stolberg-Stolberg by Jens Juel (location unknown to gogm)
She maintained lively correspondence with Johann Goethe. She moved to Denmark and married Danish Minister of State Andreas Peter Bernstorff. Her Wikipedia article is here.Augusta Louise shows the...
View Article1845 Her Grace, the Duchess of St. Albans Illustrated London News
From eBay; background made uniform white with Photoshop by gogm.The Lady is probably Elizabeth Catherine Gubbins who survived her first husband, William Aubrey de Vere Beauclerk, 9th Duke of St. Albans...
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1776 Elizabeth Moffat, Lady Mills by William Grimaldi (Philip Mould)
This is an example of British casual dress combined with the sky scraping coiffures of the mid 1770s. Lady Mills' coiffure is also adorned with braids, cloth, and pearls.Keywords: 1776, Grimaldi,...
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1777 noble young woman by Georg Andreas Hoffmann (location unknown to gogm)
The sitter wears a typical late eighteenth century dress with revers that form a tent-like bodice extending down through her skirt, a modesty pice above an ornate bow, engageantes, and lace.Keywords:...
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ca. 1776 Sir James & Lady Hodges and their family by Sir Nathaniel...
The British casual style is shown here, although the Ladies' dresses have saque backs. Lady Hodges' dress is modestly covered while her daughters' necklines are open. All wear modest white caps and...
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ca. 1776 Sir James & Lady Hodges and their family by Sir Nathaniel...
This close up reveals Lady Hodges' chemise has a collar and that her stomacher is laced together.Keywords: 1776, Holland, British, straight coiffure, cap, high neckline, ruff, chemise, square...
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ca. 1776 Sir James & Lady Hodges and their family by Sir Nathaniel...
The girl to the right wears a saque back dress and a bodice framed with revers while the girl to the left wears a simpler dress with a plain split bodice.Keywords: 1776, Holland, British, straight...
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