18th Century Female Portraits

Elegant depictions of women from the 18th century, showcasing diverse styles and artistic techniques, including engravings and soft pastels, highlighting femininity.

Thalia, 1592 print A series of nine muses. First state, for captions. paper engraving Thalia (one of the Muses); 'Talia' (Ripa)

Hearing, Alexander van Haecken, T. Jefferys, W. Herbert, 1739

Seated Woman. Artist: Antoine Watteau (French, Valenciennes 1684-1721 Nogent-sur-Marne). Dimensions: 9 7/16 x 5 7/16 in. (24 x 13.8 cm). Date: 1716-17.One of the most brilliant and innovative draftsmen of the eighteenth century, Watteau was an early exponent of the "trois-crayons" or "three-chalk" technique, which allowed his drawings to approach the rich coloristic effects of painting. This fetching study of a seated woman is a consummate example of his mastery of the technique. Freely mixing red, black, and white chalk, he captured the young woman's loosely pinned-up hair, luminous flesh tones, and the sheen of her dress. The Lehman sheet is not known to be a preparatory study for a painting, but the model does reappear in at least one other drawing by the artist. Her gesture is not easily understood, although her elegance and charming lack of self-consciousness come through clearly. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Edward Fisher, 1722-1785, British, Miss Farren in the Character of Hermione, 1781. Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper.

Study to a classic cup. Draughtsman: Gerard Allebé. Dating: Nov-1826. Measurements: h 504 mm × w 358 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Amor Maligno, mirror-inverted, created by Paul Pretsch using t Liefdruck photogalvanography around 1860.

Ideal Bust of a Woman 1549-1592 Italy. Pen and brown ink with graphite on tan laid paper, laid down on cream laid paper . Bartolomeo Passarotti

Copy After James Watson, 1740-1790, British, Miss Fordyce, 1762-1766. Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream, laid paper.

Lady at spinet, draughtsman: Abraham Delfos, after: Jan de Bray, 1798, paper, h 175 mm × w 147 mm

Portrait of Mademoiselle Maillard of the Arts Theater Pierre-Michel Alix (1762-1817). "Portrait of Mademoiselle Maillard of the Theater of Arts, 1798". Engraving.

Maria, Gilles Demarteau, After Rafaël, After Henri Guillaume Chatillon, 1732 - 1776 print Paris paper etching the Virgin Mary

Print made by John Faber the Younger, ca. 1695-1756, Netherlandish, active in Britain, The Housewife's Employment, undated. Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper.

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Age of Innocence, Print made by Joseph Grozer, ca. 1755-1798, British, after Sir Joshua Reynolds RA, 1723-1792, British, ca. 1794, Stipple engraving and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper, Sheet: 13 1/2 x 10 1/16 inches (34.3 x 25.5 cm), Plate: 11 x 8 3/8 inches (28 x 21.2 cm), and Image: 8 3/8 x 7 3/16 inches (21.3 x 18.2 cm), bow (costume accessory), child, gesture, girl, gown, portrait, sash, trees

Guido, His Wife's Portrait. Photo production of drawing in 'The Reveley Collection of Drawings at Brynygwenin', Fig. 5.

Woman in A Window, Thomas van der Wilt, 1687 print In a window is a woman, with bare torso, which shapes her hair. She wears pearl rores. Delft paper care of the hair. mirror. necklace (+ women's clothes)

Paris, Giraudon, A., Caffièri - Buste de Rotrou, Bust of Jean Rotrou, recto - handwritten in pencil, photograph, photo, photos, RIJKS-NORMALSCHOOL voor TEEKENONDERZERS. AMSTERDAM, verso - stamped, T 531, recto - printed, Paris. Théatre-Français., AG phot., A. Giraudon, Publisher, 15. R. Bonaparte. Paris, recto - embossed, Caffiéri, height 370 mm, width 301 mm, photographer, 1850 - 1900, cardboard, photographic paper, photo paper, albumen print, albumine print, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher, monument, statue, sculpture

Bliżej Kultury Verlag Gerlach & Schenk in Vienna (1882 1901)

Head of a bacchante. Charles-Joseph Natoire (French, 1700 - 1777)

Woman in a draped dress. Leaf 79 Verso and 80 recto from a sketchbook with 105 sheets.

Album Drawing, Thomas Bardwell, 1704-1767, British, Previously attributed: James Wills, Active 1740-died 1777, British, ca. 1730, Gray wash, brown wash, pen and brown ink, and graphite on white laid paper, Sheet: 5 1/8 x 3 1/2in. (13 x 8.9cm)

Hendrik Goltzius, Head of a Siren, 1609 Head of a Siren

Hedwig Eleonore, Princess of Holstein-Gottorp.

Pope Joan or Ioannes Anglicus, legend of a female Pope

Artist: Wenceslaus Hollar, Bohemian, 1607-1677, After: Albrecht Dürer, German, 1471-1528, Portrait of a Young Woman with her Hair Pinned Up (KatherineFurleger?), Etching, sheet: 24.6 × 17.5 cm (9 11/16 × 6 7/8in.), Made in Bohemia, Czech Republic, Bohemian, 17thcentury, Works on Paper -Prints

James McArdell, ca. 1729-1765, Irish, Miss Gravile (Frances Anne Greville and her brother as "Hebe and Cupid". Mezzotint.

A bacchante wearing a flowing drapery, looking down, right arm bent and left arm outstretched, set against a black background inside a rectangular frame ca. 1795-1847 Engraved by Antonio Ricciani Italian From a series of engravings depicting wall paintings from Herculaneum, made by various engravers and intermediary draughtsman, all pulblished by Agapito Franzetti.. A bacchante wearing a flowing drapery, looking down, right arm bent and left arm outstretched, set against a black background inside a rectangular frame 669105

Portrait of Saskia van Uylenburgh (1612-1642), wife of Rembrandt, engraving by Daniel John Pound from a painting by Rembrandt, from Payne's Royal Dresden Gallery, by Albert Henry Payne, A H Payne Dresden & Leipzig Publisher, circa 1840.

Figure drawing by Jacob Toorenvliet of a young woman draped with sheet music, executed in black chalk with reddish, gray, and brown washes; the upper left corner is missing and there is a flaw in the lower left corner.

Mlle. Marguerite Georges or Marguerite-Josephine Veimer, French actress famous for her affair with Napoleon. After a painting by Francois Gerard. Lithograph by Karl Joseph Brodtmann from Heinrich Rudolf Schinz's Illustrated Natural History of Men and Animals, 1836.

Lady at spinet.

Teyler, Johan, Netherlands, Standing naked woman on the clouds, This print is part of an album., print, picture, album sheet, prints, pictures, height 135 mm, width 74 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1688 - 1698, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), à la poupée poupée, colour print, Northern Netherlands, 1648 - 1712, supervision

British general James Wolfe (1727-1759) was second in command to Jeffery Amherst in the French and Indian War.

Study of a woman's head.

Portaels, Jean François, Photographic reproduction of La Bacchante by Jan Frans Portaels, photograph, photo, reproduction, page, photos, photographically illustrated books, height 149 mm, width 111 mm, photographer, 1858 - 1863, photographic paper, photo paper, albumen print, albumine print, Belgian, 1818-05-01 - 1895-02-08

European Sibille; Sibylla europæa; Sibilles. The European Sibille is in hand with an open book. Under the show a caption in Latin. This print is part of an album.

Print made by John Spilsbury, 1730-1795, A Dutch Lady, undated. Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream, laid paper.

Portrait of a Young Lady, Traditionally Identified as Sarah Jennings, Duchess of Marlborough, Half Length, Holding a Book, Her Hands Crossed on Her Lap, Her Head-Dress Draped Upon Her Shoulders. Peter Lely (1618-1680). Black, white, red, brown and pale blue chalks on light brown paper. Signed and dated 1667 (). 26.9 x 19.3cm.

The Deshabille. Dated: 1776. Dimensions: plate: 33 x 22.9 cm (13 x 9 in.) sheet: 34 x 26.1 cm (13 3/8 x 10 1/4 in.). Medium: mezzotint on laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: James Watson after Gabriel Metsu.

Esther makes her toilet. Troy, Jean François de (French, 1679-1752) (cartoon creator) painter Audran, Jean-Joseph (French, act. 1771-d.1795) (workshop) weaver Jacques, Maurice (French, 1712-1784) (author of design, border) painter c. 1782-1786 Tapestry Dimensions: H 13'10" x W 13' Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: French Weaving Center: Paris Ownership History: Offered by Louis XVI to Albert & Marie-Christine (sister of Queen Marie-Antoinette), Duke & Duchess of Saxe-Teschen & Joint Governors of the Austrian Netherlands on their visit to Paris on 8/20/1786 SS 54311. French & Co. stock sheet: purchased by the Vichy government, France, 1943 SS 54311. Shah of Iran coll., 1974 (). Inscriptions: Woven signature in central field, lower right corner: AUDRAN.1785. Inscriptions: Woven signature in central field, on basin in lower center: DE TROY.1738. Inscriptions: Inscription on lower border, center: CIRCUMDATA EST GLORIA SUA ch.V. In interior of Ahasuerus'classical palace with r

Bathsheba, seventh daughter of Amiel, wife of Uriah the Hittite and one of King David's wives. The second book of Samuel recounts Bathsheba's adultery with King David. Old 19th century engraved illustration from Mugeres de la Biblia by Joaquin Roca y Cornet 1862

The head of a young woman, actress M Elle Renault unknown

Portrait of Madame Récamier. Jeanne Francoise Julie Adélaide Récamier (1777-1849) known as Juliette, was a French socialite, whose salon drew Parisians from the leading literary and political circles of the early 19th century. France. Old 19th century engraved illustration from Galerie de Femmes Celebres by M. Sainte-Beuve 1864

Recueil de morceaux d'architecture et de divers fragmens de monumens antiques fait en Italie par Marie Joseph Peyre architecte du Roy ancien pensionnaire de Sa Majesté à Rome, Peyre, Marie-Joseph, 1730-1785, pencil, ink, pen, wash, black and red chalk, watercolor, 1786, Album of architectural drawings with sketches and some fully realized drawings includes drawings of architectural fragments and details (some with measurements), two views, ancient and Baroque sculpture, urns and coffers, and designs for fountains and buildings.

Salome shows the head of John the Baptist. A black boy and a servant looking at the head. This print is part of an album.

Eleanor 'Nell' Gwyn (or Gwynn or Gwynne), English actress, mistress of King Charles II.

THE MISSES BLOUNT, BY JERVAS, IN THE NATIONAL PORTRAIT EXHIBITION, SOUTH KENSINGTON, LONDON, UK, 1867

Riido Reni (Zugristhr.): PORTRAJäT Der Beatrat cences. Mature national art gallery, Italy Barberini, Rom. . I am

Maenad dancing and playing a bell cymbal, Herculaneum, Campania, Italy, engraving by Filippo Morghen from a drawing by Paderni, from Le antichita di Ercolano esposte (The antiquities of Herculaneum exposed), Vv.Aa., volume I, plate 20, 1757-1787, Naples.

JEANNE-FRANCOISE-JULIE Madame RECAMIER French social leader who will manage to survive the Revolution. Date: 1777 - 1849

Anonymous (Manner of: Maratta, Carlo) / 'Head of a Virgin'. XVII century. Oil on canvas. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

Marble Bust Fashion Sty by C.P. Miglioretti, William England, 1874 cabinet photograph London cardboard. photographic support albumen print monument, statue London

Print made by Joseph Grozer, ca. 1755-1798, British, The Honorable Miss Harris, 1791. Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately texetured, cream laid paper.

Mrs. Billington as St. Cecilia, Print made by James Ward, 1769-1859, British, after Sir Joshua Reynolds RA, 1723-1792, British, 1803, Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream, laid paper, Sheet: 26 11/16 × 17 5/16 inches (67.8 × 44 cm), Plate: 26 × 16 1/2 inches (66 × 41.9 cm), and Image: 25 1/8 × 16 3/8 inches (63.8 × 41.6 cm)

Imhoff, Anna Maria Appolonia .

Ideal Head of a Woman, Buonarroti, Michelangelo, 1526

Bliżej Kultury Verlag Gerlach & Schenk in Vienna (1882 1901)

Portret Stanisławy Horeckiej, siostry artysty. Wańkowicz, Walenty (1799-1842), draughtsman, cartoonist

Coptic Maiden, Egypt, Illustration, Ridpath's History of the World, Volume I, by John Clark Ridpath, LL. D., Merrill & Baker Publishers, New York, 1894

Portrait of Robert Le Lorrain(1666-1743). Artist: Jacques Philippe Le Bas, French, 1707-1783

Paris (Ier arr.), France Madame Vigée-Le Brun and his daughter, Jeanne-Lucie-Louis, known as Julie, Elisabeth-Louise Vigée-Le Brun, Musée du Louvre , (French - Paris ( Ier arr. ) , France Madame Vigée-Le Brun et sa fille , Jeanne-Lucie-Louis , dite Julie , Elisabeth-Louise Vigée-Le Brun , musée du Louvre). Museum, portrait, painting, Human beings, art, France, Paris, Louvre museum: Mme Vigée Lebrun and her daughter (Lebrun n ° 521)

Charlotte Corday, Illustration, Ridpath's History of the World, Volume III, by John Clark Ridpath, LL. D., Merrill & Baker Publishers, New York, 1897

Emma Lady Hamilton (c1765-1851) mistress of Horatio Nelson. Chromolithograph after portrait by George Romney

A LADY IN WAITING, OF THE TIME OF LOUIS XV. PAINTED BY LANCE.

Lady affecting a Moesje.

Weibliches Bildnis aus dem Fajûm Mummy portrait, from Fayum, Egypt Graf, Theodor. still image. Portrait paintings, Art reproductions. 1901. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection. Mummies, Antiquities, Fayyûm (Egypt), Painting , Egypt, Mummy portraits

Girl Touching her Breasts by Jean-HonoreFragonard (1732-186)

St Barbara. Date/Period: 17th century. Painting. Oil on panel Oil. Height: 273 mm (10.74 in); Width: 216 mm (8.50 in). Author: TITIAN.

William Dobell. January 26, 1949.

Countess Percy, portrait by Anton van Dyck, 17th century, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th century painting, exact original date unknown

Thomas Rowlandson, 1756-1827, British, An Old Coquette Outstood her Market, between 1815 and 1820. Watercolor with pen and brown and red-brown ink, over graphite, with pen and gray ink wash line on border; verso: graphite and watercolor blots on medium, moderately textured, blued white, wove paper.

Emma Lady Hamilton ca. 1765 1851, Mätresse von Horatio Nelson. Chromolithographie nach einem Porträt von George Romney, Historisch, digital restaurierte Reproduktion von einer Vorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Record date not stated

Gerard Jan Palthe drawing of a finely dressed woman seated behind a table, holding a candle and resting on a velvet pillow, executed with brush in brown, watercolor, and opaque colors with graphite.

Woman in red, with folded hands, Cornelis Kruseman, after Anonymous, 1814 drawing paper brush

Bliżej Kultury Jaroczyński, Marian Jakub Ignacy (1819 1901), Litographic Department of Marian Jaroczyński (Poznań)

Portrait of a young widow of the nineteenth century. Old 19th century engraved illustration from El Mundo Ilustrado 1879

Print made by John Raphael Smith, 1752-1812, British, Mrs. Payne Galwey and Her son Charles, ca. 1780. Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige, laid paper.

Antiochus I Soter, ca. 324, 261 BC, King of the Hellenistic Seleucid Empire From the book Crabbs Historical Dictionary, published 1825, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

Davis, Mary .

Sappho,born between 630/612 B.C. - 570 B.C. Ancient Greek lyric poet. Engraved Francis Holl by after G. Staal. From the book ""World Noted Women"" by Mary Cowden Clarke, published 1858.

Cenci, Beatrice Stecher: Kohl, Clemens (1754) Dating: 1771 / 1807Factive genesis: Vienna

"Veneration" from le Brun, Heads. Representing the various passions of the soul..., circa 1760

Embroidered picture, Medium: cotton, wool, silk Technique: counted stitch embroidery on plain weave, Portrait of Queen Victoria as a young woman, possibly at her coronation in 1837. Unfinished., England, ca. 1840, embroidery & stitching, Embroidered picture

19th century illustration showing young female from the Sandwich Islands in the Pacific. Circa 1840

Bust Van Maria, Abraham Bloteling, After Gerard de Lairese, 1652 - 1690 print paper engraving 'portraits' of Mary

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