1779 (or after) Catherine Beauclerk, née Ponsonby from Hon. Aubrey Beauclerk...
Bonham's has these lot notes for the overall portrait, "The present work depicts The Hon. Aubrey Beauclerk (1740-1802), later 5th Duke of St. Albans, and his family including his eldest son Aubrey...
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1779 (or after) Catherine Ponsonby's head, sleeve, and bodice
I enlarged this as much as I could without getting too much loss of resolution.This close up shows the intricate work in Catherine's coiffure, headdress, sleeves, and bodice.Keywords: 1779,...
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1779 (or after) Catherine Ponsonby's apron
This close up shows the pleating and pocket of Catherine's apron, her over-skirt, and what could be her purse.Keywords: 1779, Smuglevicz, Catherine Ponsonby, Ponsonby family, Beauclerk family,...
View ArticleLady Hester Cholmondeley, née Bellingham (1763-1844), wearing white dress,...
Bonham's lot notes have this (the marriage date and coiffure agree), "Lady Hester was also portrayed in two further portrait miniatures, one given to Ozias Humphry that appeared in Christie's Pierpont...
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1786 Miss Hodgson by John Downman (Bonham's)
I cannot find out anything about her except she had a bother John who was a Major General.Image darkened to bring out details.Miss Hodgson's coiffure is a sculptural work of art crowned with feathers...
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Maria Amalia of Saxony (1757-1831), wearing blue dress, sheer fill-in, a...
She made just one other appearance in these albums, as a child with Maria Antonia Walpurgis. Now she's grown up. Her marital prospects were diminished by Maria Theresia's dynastic manouvering. Her...
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Louisa, Lady Clarges (1760–1809) by Thomas Gainsborough (Victoria Art Gallery...
From bbc.co.The relatively relaxed style of dress says British while the big straight coiffure says 1770s in this Gainsborough portrait of Lady Clarges.Keywords: 1778, Gainsborough, British, high...
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SUBALBUM: Duquesa de Osuna
Her Wikipedia article introduces her this way, "Doña María Josefa Alonso-Pimentel y Téllez-Girón, Duchess of Osuna, Grandee of Spain, suo jure 12th Countess-Duchess of Benavente, Grandee of Spain (26...
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1780 Comtesse de Bernicourt by Johann-Ernst Heinsius (auctioned by Christie's)
The Countess is shown wearing a comfortable-looking dress, a contrast to French aristocrats portrayed in formal dress, in this 1780 Heinsius portrait.Keywords: 1780, Heinsius, long curly coiffure,...
View Articleca. 1780-1783 Elizabeth, Baroness Craven, later Margravine of Anspach, by...
She was a member of the Berkeley family and, according to her Wikipedia article, "was an author, playwright, traveller, and socialite, perhaps best known for her travelogues..." This is not what many...
View ArticleDuchess of Sutherland by Sir Nathaniel Dance-Holland (auctioned)
This formidable-looking middle-aged woman is the notorious Duchess of Sutherland whose Wikipedia article is here, who preferred sheep to farmers. She must have been imbued with the "remarkable...
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1788 Marchioness of Queenston by Richard Cosway (location unknown to gogm)
I saw this in Wikimedia dated 1788. 1798 or 1808 would be more appropriate for this Empire waisted dress with a neckline fraise. 1798 because the dress has no discernible bodice. But the date at the...
View Article1776 Anne Catherine le Prud'homme de Châtenoy Comtesse de Verdun by Élisabeth...
All I can find out about her is that she married in 1777.Dorotheum's English language note follows, "Anne Catherine Le Preudhomme de Chatenoy married Jean Jacques Marie, Comte de Verdun in 1777, a rich...
View Article1777 Mrs. William Villebois, full-length, in masquerade dress, with a blue...
This is her article from thepeerage: "Frances Read F, #479435, b. 1750, d. 1801Frances Read was born in 1750. She married William Villebois on 31 October 1768. She died in 1801.She was the daughter of...
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1780 Emilie De Coutances, la marquise de Bec de Lièvre by Alexander Roslin...
The Marquise's exquisitely formed coiffure and flower and feather bedecked hat are lovely in this display of 1780 extravagance.Keywords: 1780, Roslin, Marquise de Bec de Lièvre, high straight...
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1787 Lady Bate-Dudley by Thomas Gainsborough (Tate Collection - London UK)
Her husband's Wikipedia article is here. A diaphanous veil covers the long curly and elaborate coiffure of Lady Bate-Dudley as she rests in studied casual elegance in this Gainsborough...
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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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