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SUBALBUM: Louise Auguste of Denmark
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...
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1793-1794 Comtesse Pélagie Roza Potocka Sapieha by Élisabeth Louise Vigée...
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...
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1794 Princess Sapiena, née Potocka, or Dancing with Shawl by Élisabeth Lousie...
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...
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Princess of Guéméné by Louis Auguste Brun
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...
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SUBALBUM: Élisabeth Philippine Marie Helene de France, Madame Élisabeth
Elizabeth Philippine was the youngest child of Dauphine Marie Josèphe, born in 1764. She stayed with her older brother, Louis XVI. According to her Wikipedia article, Robespierre wanted to exile her,...
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1784 Princess Augusta Sophia; Princess Elizabeth, Landgravine of...
From Wikimedia; sepia tone removed by gogm.This is a print based on the original or Dupont copy of it shown in the previous image.Keywords: 1784, Gainsborough, Sanders, Augusta Sophia, Elizabeth of...
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1784 Three eldest daughers of George III (Charlotte, Augusta and Elizabeth)...
From Wikimedia.Gainsborough shows George III's three oldest daughters in fashionably simple yet opulent dresses. All three have berthas and at least two have waist bands. All three dresses have...
View ArticleVicomtesse de Vaudreuil by Élisabeth Louise Vigée-Lebrun and studio (Hood...
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View Article1787-1788 Condesa de Altamira and her daughter, María Agustina by Francisco...
Her genealogical sketch is here. Goya portrayed her mother, Maria Antonia Dorotea Sinforosa Gonzaga Caracciolo, in 1795.Upgrade image posted 6 February 2015 from...
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SUBALBUM: María Teresa de Vallabriga
There is no Wikipedia article for her, but there is an article about her in thepeerage. Her daughter Maria Luisa can be seen here and here.1783 Doña María Teresa de Vallabriga y Rozas by Francisco de...
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SUBALBUM: Maria Fitzherbert
She was married three times, the third time to the Prince of Wales in a less-than-marriage marriage. Her Wikipedia article states her Catholic religion and other considerations (what dynasty did she...
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1781 Ernestine Fredérique, Princess de Croy by Élisabeth Louise Vigée-Lebrun...
Princess Ernestine wears a pastel blue dress with a laced bodice and a sheer fichu decorated with stripes, a fashionable accessory in 1781.Keywords: 1781, Vigée-Lebrun, Ernestine Fredérique de Croy,...
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ca. 1780 Anna Teofila Potocka by Marcello Bacciarelli (location unknown to gogm)
French style has crossed Prussia into Poland as Anna Potocka wears a dark dress with a square neckline framed by a double lace bertha and close sleeves with matching engageantes in this Bacciarelli...
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1781 Lady Elizabeth Compton by Sir Joshua Reynolds (National Gallery of Art -...
From www.wikipaintings.org/en/joshua-reynolds/. I cannot locate a higher-quality version of this image.British casual style dresses did not change for decades, even if the coiffures did as seen in this...
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1780 (published) Lady Elizabeth Compton by Matthew William Peters (Pyms Gallery)
Her article from thepeerage states she became a Countess late in her life.Elizabeth Compton wears very high coiffure ornamented with a top piece, sheer fabric, and draped pearls as well as a fichu in...
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1783 Diane Adélaïde de Damas d’Antigny, Comtesse de Simiane by Élisabeth...
Her genealogical outline is here. Mark Leepson, inLafayette - Lessons in Leadership from the Idealist Generalstates the Marquis de Lafayette had ongoing relationships with the Comtesse d'Hunolstein and...
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1784 Lady Folding a Letter (Comtesse de Cérès) by Élisabeth Louise...
I can find no biographical information about her.From www.eurocles.com/arpoma/.The shimmering colors suggest this is a dupioni fabric dress. The colors are striking, particularly the violet plumed hat...
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ca. 1777 Dorothy, née Shafto Countess of Lisburne by Sir Joshua Reynolds...
Countess Dorothy's article in thepeerage, with a version of this image that I used for adjusting color of this Wikipaintings image, is here. The original Wikimedia image is biased towards yellow, even...
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SUBALBUM: Aglaé Louise, Duchess of Guiche
Aglaé Louise Françoise Gabrielle de Polignac was the daughter of Yolande, Duchesse de Polignac. According to her Wikipedia article, she married the "...Duc de Gramont et Guiche. She then became the...
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1787 Marquise de Pezay (or Pezé), and the Marquise de Rougé with Her Sons...
The two Ladies are Caroline de Murat (not Napoléon Bonaparte's sister), Marquise de Pezay, and Victornienne de Rochechouart de Mortemart, Marquise de Rougé. There are French language Wikipedia articles...
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