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Nathalie Victorienne de Mortemart, Marquise de Rougé in riding habit by...

The colors of her military-inspired dress are American rebel uniform colors. Her husband Bonabes was killed on the vesselZéléwhile returning to America as part of the French forces there in 1783. They...

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SUBALBUM: Anna Charlotte Dorothea von Medem

According to her Wikipedia article, she was a beauty who bore six children when she became the third wife of the 37 years old childless Duke Peter von Biron (see the 1783 group portrait for a corrected...

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Dame de qualité dans un parc by Charles-Louis Le Carpentier Pont-Audemer...

From invaluable.com/auction-house/artcurial-xi9g3ga4c3.

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Built up coiffure

Posted to sissiludwig.forumfree.it-?t=24605010&st=30 by -enry1973 on 30 January 2008.

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Mademoiselle de la Rivière en Diane by Johann Ernst Jules Heinsius (Musée des...

I cannot find information about who she is, but she is not Mlle. Caroline Rivière made famous by Ingres. However, she could be the Madame Rivière, née Marie-Françoise-Jacquette-Bibiane Blot de...

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Hedvig Elisabet Görges by Lorens Pasch the Younger (auctioned by Bukowski's)

She came from what appears to be a prominent merchant family, according to an English translation of this source. Her genealogical sketch is here.From Bukowski's Web site.

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Madeline-Charlotte von Oloft as Vestal by ? (location ?)

I cannot find anything about Madeline-Charlotte von Oloft. Misspelling is always possible.From the lost gallery's photostream on flickr.

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1786 (commissioned) Dorothea, Lady Robinson (1739-1815), half-length, in a...

The genealogical sketch for the person portrayed here could be this one.From pinterest.com/andrewschroeder/1780s-art/; enlarged by half.

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1780 and 1786 Rose Bertin hats

Rose Bertinbegan as a milliner and then became dress couturier toMarie Antoinette. She was given the pejorative title of Marie Antoinette’s "Minister of Fashion." Her Wikipedia article ishere. The Web...

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1780s Court dress, embroidered green velvet, 18th century (National Museum of...

From my18thcenturysource.tumblr.com/post/160534413427/i-was-looking-for-a-better-photo-of-a-gown-i-saw.

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How to make a fichu

From pinterest.com/topics/18th-century/.

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ca. 1785 Honorable Mrs. Beresford by George Romney (Philadelphia Museum of...

From pinterest.com/andrewschroeder/1780s-art/.

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1784 Mademoiselle de Fontenay by Alexander Roslin (auctioned by Stockholms...

I cannot find out who she was.From mynewsdesk.com/se/stockholms_auktionsverk/images/3040-a-roslin-portrait-presume-de-mlle-de-fontenay-903396; spots and cracks removed with Photoshop.

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1784-1786 Lady Frances (Lascelles) Douglas by John Hoppner (University of...

Her article in thepeerage is here.From kam.illinois.edu; filled in shadows to reveal detail of coat sleeves.

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1785 Félicité-Louise de Frézals, dame d'atour de Marie-Antoinette by ? (Musée...

Her genealogical article is here.From parismuseescollections.paris.fr-fr-musee-carnavalet-oeuvres-portrait-de-felicite-louise-de-frezals-1765-1854-nee-esmangard-de-beauval.

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Louise d'Esparbes de Lussan, comtesse de Polastron by ? (location ?)

From the lost gallery's photostream on flickr.

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1781 Royal Family Surrounding the Dauphin (Châteaux de Versailles et de...

The grown-ups are, from left to right, the comtesse de Provence, the comte de Provence, King Louis XVI, Queen Marie Antoinette, the comtesse d’Artois, the comte d'Artois, and madame Élisabeth. The girl...

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ca. 1785 Présumé de la comtesse d'Angiviller attributed to Jean-Baptiste Le...

This may be her genealogical sketch.From parismuseescollections.paris.fr/fr/recherche/musee/musee-cognacq-jay-musee-du-xviiie-de-la-ville-de-paris-14/type/oeuvre.

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ca. 1787 Presume de Philiberte-Orléans Perrin de Cypierre, comtesse de...

I cannot find genealogical information about a person with this name. All genealogical information I have found points to someone named Jeanne Antoinette Roberte Perrin de Cyprierre.From Wikimedia.

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Elisabeth-Josèphe de Laborde (1725-1808) épouse de Gérard Binet, par...

From Wikimedia.

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