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1781 Marie Jeanne Puissant by Alexander Roslin (Rijksmuseum - Amsterdam...
From Caroline-Imbert.The plain satin of Marie Jeanne's dress sets the stage for her elaborate headdress in this 1781 Roslin portrait.Keywords: 1781, Roslin, Marie Jeanne Puissant, high straight...
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1783 Lady Williams and Child, by Ralph Earl (Metropolitan Museum - New York...
Lady Williams is casually dressed, very plainly compared to other aristocratic sitters on both sides of the Channel, in this Earl portrait. Her hair is un-powdered and her skirt appears to be...
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ca. 1787-1791 Mrs. Bryan Cooke (Frances Puleston, 1765–1818), by George...
Her article in thepeerage is here.Enlarged by half by gogm.Here is another example of the British casual style with a plain, but double, bertha and a wide feathered hat.Keywords: Romney, Frances...
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1789 Madame d’Aguesseau de Fresnes in her Turkish harem garb, by Elisabeth...
Upgrade posting from pinterest.com/pin/85568461640439639/.Hairdos are so gigantic in 1789 that no mere turban can possibly contain them as the gigantic head cover of Mme. d’Aguesseau...
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ca. 1780 Lady Georgina Smyth and her son by George Romney (Philip Mould)
This portrait is almost all that is left of her. Her article in thepeerage is here.The reflection streaks in the sky area to the right were suppressed and sometimes removed and other spots throughout...
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1783 Marquise de Laage, née d'Amblimont by Louis Carrogis (Musée Condé -...
This should be Marquise Beatrix-Stephanie-Renart de Fuchsamberg d'Amblimont. A brief genealogical chart for her is found here. The de Laage family is apparently Belgian.Photo - René Gabriel Ojéda;...
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1778 Emilie de Coutances, marquise de Bec de Lièvre by Louise Élisabeth Vigée...
From batguano.Coiffures have not quite reached the astronomical heights and complexities they would attain in the 1780s.Keywords: 1778, Vigée-Lebrun, Marquise de Bec de Lièvre, high straight coiffure,...
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1776 Wilhelmine Encke, Countess Lichtenau by Anna Dorothea Therbusch (Neues...
This cheesecake portrait demonstrates her relationship to King Friedrich Wilhelm II of Prussia. Her German Wikipedia article is here. It calls her "the Prussian Pompadour."Countess Wilhelmine wears a...
View Article1779 Izabela Potocka as Polyhymnia by Pompeo Batoni (Muzeum Pałac w Wilanowie...
Her given name was Elżbieta, but she is also known as Izabela. Unfortunately, her mother was also Izabela Potocka who married Stanisław Lubomirski (her Subalbum is here). A genealogical sketch of...
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1775 Comtesse de Belsunce by Louis Carrogis (Musée Condé - Chantilly France)
Photo - René-Gabriel Ojéda; image size increased by half by gogm.The break in 1770s hairstyles is again seen here. The Countess' hair is un-powdered, but she is still wearing panniers.Keywords: 1775,...
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1776 Comtesse de Vauban (wearing a robe à la circassienne) by Louis Carrogis...
Photo - René-Gabriel Ojéda; image size increased by half by gogm.Not just coiffures are changing. The Comtesse de Vauban's dress has a massive pouf behind it, something not seen between 1789 when...
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1784 Comtesse Alexandre de Damas by Louis Carrogis (Musée Condé - Chantilly...
Photo - René-Gabriel Ojéda; image size increased by half by gogm.Carogis' portraits provide wonderful documentation of changing coiffures. Coiffures spread out, not up, in the 1780s until the...
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1777-1779 Lady Elizabeth Delmé and her Children by Sir Joshua Reynolds...
Her article in thepeerage does not list her children. Peter Delmé died in 1789 and she married Captain Chares Garnier in 1794.Reynolds' portrait of Lady Delmé from 1777-1779 shows that coiffures were...
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SUBALBUM: Marquise de Savalette
The batguano site has this biographic sketch, "Marie-Rose Savalette de Lange, wife of Etienne Rene Agnan Sanlot, fermier general (tax collector). They lived in Paris and chateau du Plessis near...
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Undated Carogis drawings 1775 and after
The persons are, left to right: Maria Johanna Camasse, Marquise du Dreneux, the Marquise de Ducrest, and Monsieur and madame de Bréget and madame de Monthulé.All are at the Musée Condé, Chantilly...
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ca. 1782 Madame Antoine Seguier, nee Vastal by Pierre Adolphe Hall after...
A good biographical article about the sitter can be found with this image here.From www.pastellists.com.This is an excellent depiction of a fichu and the late 1770s-early 1780s tall coiffures that were...
View Article1781 Comtesse de Moreton de Chabrillan by Louise Élisabeth Vigée Lebrun...
This is probably Jeanne Marie Louise de Moreton de Chabrillan who married twice. This portrait has been called Izabela Lubomirska.Upgrade image posted 30 August 2013 from the lost gallery's photostream...
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ca. 1776 Charlotte Grenville, Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn's second wife and her...
Her article in thepeerage is here. I wonder if her husband was a gambler or in the gambling business.From iamachild.wordpress.com/tag/joshua-reynolds/.Is this ever a display of British casual style...
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1779 Comtesse du Cluzel by Louise Élisabeth Vigée Lebrun (Musée des...
Posted to Le Boudoir de Marie-Antoinette by Majesté on 26 April 2011; one spot in background removed with Photoshop by gogm.Marie Françoise's coiffure is spreading out instead of up in this 1779 Vigée...
View Articleca. 1789 Lady, said to be Comtesse du Cluzel by Henri-Pierre Danloux...
Posted to Le Boudoir de Marie-Antoinette by Majesté on 27 April 2011; background extensively shampooed with Photoshop to remove spots by gogm.
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