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1778 (before) Höfische Dame attributed to Georg David Matthieu (location...
From Wikimedia.While her dress is missing rever panels, it does have a separate stomacher made of layers of ruched lace alternating with layers of lace formed into bows. Her dress does not appear to...
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1778 Marie Angélique de Fitte by Alexis Huin (Musée des Arts décoratifs de...
A biographical writeup about her in Italian can be found here.From Wkimedia. Photo - Ji-Elle; lightness added to image with Photoshop.Marie Angelique's dressmaker used striped cloth panels and ruched...
View Articleca. 1779-1780 Aleksandra and Izabela Potocka taking a stroll near to lake...
Lake Albano is in a volcanic crater, presumably a caldera, in Italy.From Wikimedia.
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SUBALBUM: Elizabeth, Duchess of Devonshire
Elizabeth Hervey had two husbands, the fourth Earl of Bristol, who she married in 1776 and separated from five years later, and the Duke of Devonshire who she married in 1809. The...
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1780s (possibly early in decade) Young Woman, Called Mademoiselle Montredon...
This portrait may be advertising for prospective mates. She wears what appears to be hat with a mildly stuffed rim and feathers while she fills a simple white satin dress.Keywords: Greuze, French,...
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1780 Mary Amelia First Marchioness of Salisbury by Sir Joshua Reynolds...
Her article in thepeerage, that identifies her as Emily Mary Hill, is here. Her mother-in-law is depicted here.From fineartamerica.com.Mary Amelia wears a boffant coiffure under a cap and a dress with...
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1821 Lady Louisa Manners, Countess of Dysart, by follower of John Hoppner...
From Wikimedia.Lady Louisa appears to be wearing a black yoke bodice and a striped under-bodice and, surely, a chemise for modesty. There is a mystery here - she was born in 1745 and this portrait is...
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1779 Lady Louisa Manners by Sir Joshua Reynolds (Kenwood House - London UK)
Her article in thepeerage is here.From www.artscroll.ru/page.php?al=John_Hoppner_hudozhnik; size doubled by gogm.Lady Louisa makes her first appearance in British casual day dress with something...
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ca. 1788 Elizabeth Courtenay, later Lady Somerset by Richard Cosway (location...
Her article in thepeerage is here.From oldgreypony.wordpress.com/tag/georgian-portraiture/.Elizabeth Courtenay wears a British casual dress and a lightweight coat or jacket for this Cosway miniature...
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SUBALBUM: Maria Teresa di Borbone
She was, according to Wikipedia, the last Holy Roman Empress and the first Empress of Austria. She was born in 1772 and "...was the eldest of 17 children born to her parents, the King and Queen, Maria...
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SUBALBUM: Elisabeth Wilhelmine von Württemberg
She died in childbirth before she could become Empress. Her Wikipedia article is here.1785 Elisabeth Wilhelmine von Württemberg by Johann-Baptist Lampi (Kunsthistorisches Museum - Wien Austria)ca. 1788...
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1780-1781 Lady Grantham, née Mary Jemima Yorke by George Romney (Philadelphia...
From 18thcenturyblog.com/2012/03/george-romney.Lady Mary looks contented as she rests her head on her hand while wearing a British casual tunic under an over-dress secured by a single clasp in this...
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1780-1784 Lydia Henrietta Malortie, Mrs. Henry Hoare by George Romney...
From 18thcenturyblog.com/2012/03/george-romney.Lydia's bodice is decorated with two columns of buttons while a now de rigueur fichu fills in her square neckline in this Romney portrait from the early...
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1786 Sir Christopher and Lady Sykes strolling in the garden at Sledmere by...
I looked for the location and the reliable site The Athenaeum states the location is not known.There is an article about Sir Christopher Sykes and his children in thepeerage, but no mention of her.From...
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1787-1789 Henrietta, Countess of Warwick, and Her Children by George Romney...
According to her article in thepeerage, she was born Henrietta Vernon and had four children with George Greville, second Earl of Warwick.From 18thcenturyblog.com/2012/03/george-romney?.The white satin...
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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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