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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...
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1845 Her Grace, the Duchess of St. Albans Illustrated London News
From eBay; background made uniform white with Photoshop by gogm.This is an early Victorian take on panniers with what could be called 30s Hollywood accuracy. Panniers reached to the sides but were...
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1775 Charlotte Amalie of Saxe-Meiningen by ? (Schloß Altenburg)
Charlotte Amelie's dress is not particularly different from one of 15 years earlier, but her hair is piled higher.Keywords: 1775, Princess, Wettin family, German, straight coiffure, square...
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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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SUBALBUM: Infanta Carlota Joaquina, Queen of Portugal
Carlota Joaquina was a daughter of Maria Luisa de Parma who married the Portuguese heir apparent and thus able to ride out the Napoléonic wars in Brazil. According toher Wikipedia article, she "made...
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1781-1782 Frances, Countess of Lincoln by Sir Joshua Reynolds (Wallace...
From topofart.com.The Countess wears big curls in 1770s style, but with curly or even frizzy hair, and a fichu to fill in her square décolletage in her Reynolds portrait from 1781-1782. I cannot...
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Mrs. Thomas Freedman, Baroness Redesdale, by Sir Joshua Reynolds (Christie's)
The Baroness' waist band suggests her dress has a vee waistline. It does have a partlet filling in around her vee neckline.Keywords: Reynolds, Baroness, British, head straight coiffure, ribbon...
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SUBALBUM: Anne, Duchess of Cumberland
The Duchess was named Anne Horton, sometimes spelled Houghton, and they produced no children. Her Wikipedia article is here. Walpole wrote of, "the Duke of Grafton's Mrs. Houghton, the Duke of Dorset's...
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Albinia, Countess of Buckinghamshire by Daniel Gardner (Bonham's, London UK)
Albinia made Tart of the Week in The Duchess of Devonshire's Gossip Guide to the Eighteenth Century for 19 June 2009 - not for her sexual exploits, but for her fondness for faro.The Countess is wearing...
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