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18th Century Portraits of Nobility

A collection of classical portraits featuring elegantly dressed figures in historical attire. Rich colors and intricate details highlight their noble status, set against muted backgrounds.

FREDERICK II, 1712-86, King of Prussia from 1740, print after Pesne

Portrait of Otto Magnus von Stackelberg (1736 1800) unknown

Carel Georg August (1766-1807), Hereditary Prince of Brunswick-Wolfenbuettel. Husband of Frederica Louisa Wilhelmina (Louise), Princess of Orange-Nassau, Painting by Johann Friedrich August Tischbein, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

Duplessis, Joseph-Siffred (Atelier de). "Portrait of Louis XVI". oil on canvas. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 145688-6

Portrait of Jan Jacek Tarnowski (1729-1808), Starost of Kahorlice and Byszów Mirys, Augustine (1700 1790)

England, Kent, Edenbridge, Chiddingstone, Chiddingstone Castle, The Great Hall, Portrait of Charles Edward Stuart

RETRATO DE JOSE JOAQUIN SILVA BAZAN Y SARMIENTO (1734-1802), IX MARQUES DE SANTA CRUZ, VI MARQUES DE ARCICOLLAR - SIGLO XVIII. Author: MENGS ANTON RAFAEL. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION, MADRID, SPAIN.

CHRISTIAN VII, 1749-1808 King of Denmark and Norway (detail) (MV 3984)

Jovellanos with the ley agraria (Report on the Agrarian Law). s.XIX. Portrait of Jovellanos. Oil on canvas. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid. Làzaro Galdiano Foundation.

William Hogarth, 1697-1764, British, William Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington, Later fourth Duke of Devonshire, 1741. Oil on canvas.

FREDERICK II, 1712-86, King of Prussia from 1740, print after Pesne

Antoine Laurent Lavoisier (1743-1794) French chemist. Among other achievements, Lavoisier was one of the discoverers of oxygen, and established the laws of chemical combination. He improved the manufacture of gunpowder when director of government powder mills. He was guillotined during the French Revolution. From 'The Temple of Flora' by Robert John Thornton. (London, 1801).

Portrait of Pyotr Borisovich Sheremetev by Ivan Petrovich Argunov, oil on canvas, 1760, 1729-1802, Russia, Moscow, Museum Palace Theatre Ostankino, 92x73, 5

Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (1707 1788), philosopher, French naturalist and mathematician, member of the French Academy Alix, Pierre Michel (1762 1817), Garneray, Ambroise Louis (1783 1857)

King Stanislas II Augustus Poniatowski of Poland (1738-1798). Museum: Museé Versailles, Versalles, France. Author: ELISABETH-LOUISE VIGEE-LE BRUN. ESTANISLAO II AUGUSTO PONIATOWSKI DE POLONIA.

Portrait of Prince Maximilian of Saxony (1759-1838), Anonymous

GEORGE I, 1738-1820 King of England

Portrait of Hieronymus Georg von Holzhausen (1726-1755), From the noble family Holzhausen, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th-century original..

Carel Georg August (1766-1807), Erfprins Van Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel. Husband of Frederica Louisa Wilhelmina (Louise), Princess of Oranje-Nassau. Portrait of Carel Georg August (1766-1807), Erfprins van Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel. Husband of Frederica Louisa Wilhelmina (Louise), Princess of Oranje-Nassau. Half ahead, to the left, considerably. Part of a series of nine portraits of Princes and princesses from the house of Oranje-Nassau (SK-A-408/416). Part of the pastels collection.

Old color lithography portrait. Louis XVI of France (Versailles 1754 - Paris 1793), was king of France and Navarre, co-prince of Andorra and king of t

Portrait of Count Gustav Reinhold von Loewenwolde (1693-1758), Anonymous

PETER Leopold of Lorraine 1747-1792 Grand Duke of Tuscany (later Holy Roman Emperor Leopold II)

Portrait of Prince Vasily Lukich Dolgorukov (1672-1739), Anonymous

Joaquin de Montserrat (1700-1771), Marquess of Cruilles. Spanish viceroy of New Spain (1760-1766). Portrait. Engraving. Colored.

Portrait of King Gustav III of Sweden (1746-1792), Pasch, Lorenz, the Younger (1733-1805)

Portrait of Sir Elijah Impey (1732 - 1809) a British judge and MP for New Romney. By Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769 - 1830) Leading English portrait painter and president of the Royal Academy. Dated 1800.

King CHRISTIAN VII of Denmark 1766-1808

Henri-Pierre Danloux (1753-1809). "Portrait of Pierre François Jean du Cluzel, Marquis de Montpipeau". Oil on canvas, 1786. Paris, Cognacq-Jay museum. 25930-10 Aristocrat, man, portrait

Frederick the Great 1712 - 1786 as crown prince 1739 Antoine Pesne Prussian 1683 Paris - 1757 Berlin

Portrait of Friedrich Adolph Riedesel, Baron of Eisenbach. Schröder, Johann Heinrich (1751-1812), pastellist

Portrait of William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham (1708-1778) a British statesman of the Whig group who led the government of Great Britain. Dated 18th century

Portrait of Prince Alexander Andreyevich Bezborodko (1747-1799), Lampi, Johann-Baptist von, the Elder (1751-1830)

Charles Edward Stuart (1720-1788), known as The Young Pretender and The Young Chevalier. Second Jacobite pretender to the thrones of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, as Charles III, from the death of his father in 1766. Portrait. Engraving by R. Taylor. Colored.

Portrait of Johann Maximilian von Holzhausen (1708-1768), Mayor of Frankfurt 1761, after a painting by Johann Georg Ziesenis, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

Portrait of Baron Gustaf Adolf Reuterholm (1756-1813), Björk, Jakob (1726-1793)

Portrait of Stanislaus Augustus Poniatowski (1732 1798) Buonvicino, Ubaldo (fl. 1750 1799)

Joseph II (1741-1790). Holy Roman Emperor from 1765-1790. Portrait. Engraving. 19th century. (Photo by: PHAS/UIG)

Portrait of Stanislaus Augustus Poniatowski, king of Poland. Louise Elisabeth Vigee Le Brun, circa 1797

Prince Charles Edward Stuart, 1720 - 1788. Eldest Son of Prince James Francis Edward Stuart - Allan Ramsay, circa 1745

CHARLES IV, 1748-1819, King of Spain, 1788-1808, by Antonio Suvias

Portrait of Joachim Rendorp, Baron of Marquette, Brewer and Burgomaster of Amsterdam several times. Dating: 1757 - 1768. Measurements: h 16 cm × w 14.5 cm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Author: Tibout Regters.

Ferdinand, Duke of Parma (1751-1802). Infante of Spain. Portrait of Giuseppe Baldrighi (1723-1803), 1770-1780. Museum of Fine Arts. A Coru-a, Galicia, Spain. (On loan, Prado Museum, Madrid).

King Frederick IV, Frederik IV was King of Denmark and Norway from 1699 to 1730 and ruled the named countries as well as the duchies of Schleswig and Holstein, authentic, digitally restored reproduction of a model from the 19th century, exact date of presentation unknown, historical

Alexandre de Lameth (1760-1829). French soldier and politician. Engraving in History of France, 1883. Colored.

Portrait of Emperor Joseph II (1741-1790) by Anonymous / Private Collection/ 18th century/ Etching/ Rococo/ Portrait

Portrait of Johann Sigismund Ernst von Tippelskirch (1744-1787). unknown, painter

Louis de Bourbon-Conde, comte de Clermont by Drouais, Francois-Hubert (1727-1775) / Musee de l'Histoire de France, Chateau de Versailles / 1771 / France / Oil on canvas / Portrait / 221,5x147 / Rococo

David Hume - 1766 - 76,2x63,5 cm - oil on canvas. Author: ALLAN RAMSAY. Location: NATIONAL GALLERY OF SCOTLAND. Edinburgh. SCOTLAND.

Massachusetts colonial governor Thomas Hutchinson - Edward Truman, 1741

Thomas Gainsborough, Portrait of a Gentleman, c.1745-48, oil on canvas on panel.

Austria, Portrait of Austrian composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791), circa 1773

Peter III (1728 1762) (Pyotr III Fyodorovich); emperor of Russia for six months in 1762. He was born in Kiel as Karl Peter Ulrich, the only child of Charles Frederick, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp and Anna Petrovna, the elder surviving daughter of Peter the Great. He was deposed and possibly assassinated as a result of a conspiracy led by his German wife Princess Sophie Friederike Auguste von Anhalt-Zerbst-Dornburg, who succeeded him to the throne as Catherine II.

Portrait of Don Miranda de Castemar 1774

Charles George August, Hereditary Prince of Braunschweig-Wolfenbuttel (son-in-law of William V, Consort of Frederica Louise Wilhelmina, Princess of Orange-Nassau).

Prince Vescovo Leopold Freyherr V. FIRMIAN, Regent of Austria 1724-44 (detail)

'Franz I', (1933). Creator: Unknown.

Louis XV 15 February 1710, 10 May 1774, known as Louis the Beloved, was a monarch of the House of Bourbon who reigned as King of France from 1 Septemb...

Martin de Mayorga (1721-1783). Spanish military officer, governor of the Captaincy General of Guatemala (1773-1779) and interim viceroy of New Spain (1779-1783). Colored engraving.

Louis, Louis XVI, 1754-1793, born Louis-Auguste, was the last King of France in front of the fall of the monarchy during the French Revolution, Historical, digital reproduction of an original 19th century master, original date unknown

Portrait of William V, Prince of Orange-Nassau, Johann Georg Ziesenis, 1763 - 1776

Domenico SCARLATTI 1685-1757 Italian composer

Maurice Quentin de la Tour (1704-1788). Portrait of Raymond Pierre, Marquis de Bérenger, count of the Gua (known as "Portrait of the Count of Sassenage"). Pastel, between 1765 and 1770. Paris, Cognacq-Jay museum. 35788-9 Aristocrat, man, soldier, pastel, portrait

Francis I Francis Stefan, Francois Etienne, 8 December 1708, 18 August 1765, was Emperor and Grand Duke of Tuscany, although his woman effectively exercised the real powers of these positions, Historical, digital reproduction of a 19th century original

Portrait of Maximilien de Robespierre - Louis-Léopold Boilly, circa 1791

Josef II., Roman-German Kaiser.

Domenico SCARLATTI, 1685-1757 Italian composer

Portrait of Pieter Gerardus van Overstraten, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies, attributed to Adriaan de Lelie, 1802 - 1820

Charles Louis Auguste Fouquet, Duke of Belle-Isle. (1684 1761) French general and statesman. Portrait by French Hyacinthe Rigaud

Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford, by Richard Crosse, 1770, British miniature painting, watercolor on ivory. North was Prime Minister of Great Britain from January, 1770 to March, 1782, during the American Revolution. He is often called 'the man who lost America' (BSLOC_2019_6_196)

King PHILIP V of Spain, 1700-46, with crown and Golden Fleece

Portrait of emperor Francis II by Johann-Baptist Lampi the Younger, Oil on canvas, 1775-1837, Private Collection, 77x61

Charles Edward, the young pretender to the throne, Bonnie Prince Charlie 1720-1788, painted by M. Page after an original painting by Vandeist in the possession of Earl Beauchamp. From the book The History of Scotland, published in 1828, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, record date not stated

Charles Maurice de Talleyrund Perigord 1754-1838 French politician and diplomat, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

Charles Philippe de France, comte d'Artois (1757-1836) - Comte d'Artois, later Charles X of France, by Henri Pierre Danloux. 1798

JOSEPH II, 1741-90 Holy Roman Emperor, Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary and Bohemia

Portrait of Baron Pyotr Fyodorovich von Maltitz (1753-1826), Voille, Jean Louis (1744-after 1803)

Portrait of Christoffel Bernhard Julius von Schwartz (1676-1754), Lord of Ansen and Glinthuis. Portrait of Christoffel Bernhard Julius von Schwartz (1676-1754), Lord of Ansen and Glinthuis. Bust, right. Part of the portrait miniaturen collection.

Sir Ralph Abercromby, 1734-1801, British General, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

Charles Edward Stuart (1720-1788), known as The Young Pretender and The Young Chevalier. Second Jacobite pretender to the thrones of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, as Charles III, from the death of his father in 1766. Portrait. Engraving by R. Taylor.

Portrait of Johannes Lublink II, Philosopher, Writer and Statesman. Dating: 1790 - 1795. Measurements: h 101 cm × w 72 cm × d 7 cm; h 119.5 cm × w 91 cm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Author: Johann Friedrich August Tischbein.

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, 22 January 1729, 15 February 1781, was a German writer, philosopher, dramatist, publicist and art critic and one of the most outstanding representatives of the Enlightenment, Historical, digital reproduction of a 19th century original, original date not known

Prince Charles Edward Louis Philip Casimir Stewart 1720 to 1788 The Young Pretender Known as Bonnie Prince Charlie

Jean-Jacques Rousseau Maurice Quentin de la Tour (1704-1788). "Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778), writer and philosopher". Oil on canvas, 1773.

Willem George Frederik, 1774-99, , Prince of Orange - Nassau. Youngest son of Prince William V, Anonymous, 1795 - 1810

Felipe V de Borbón, rey de España, llamado el Animoso (1683-1746).

FREDERICK-Augustus II of Saxony 1696-1763 King of Poland, called Augustus III of Poland (MV 3787)

Maksymilian Franciszek Habsburg, arcyksiążę austriacki.Maximilian II Franz von Österreich (1756-1801), arcyksiążę austriacki. unknown, painter

Portrait of tsar Alexander I by Jean Louis Voille, oil on canvas, 1792, 1744-after 1803, Russia, St. Petersburg, State Hermitage, 71x56

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Artist Unknown

Crown Prince Frederick Christian of Saxony (1722-1763) by Carriera, Rosalba Giovanna (1657-1757) / Dresden State Art Collections / 1739-1740 / Italy, Venetian School / Pastel on paper / Portrait / 63,5x51,5

Von Johans Reks (died in 1795). Marshal, Governor General of the governorship of Riga in 1790-1792 . Portrait by Friedrich Hartmanis Barizjens (1724 - 1796). Museum of History and Navigation. Riga. Latvia.

'Honore Gabriel Victor Riquetti Graf Von Mirabeau', (1933). Creator: Unknown.

David Hume 1711-1776. Scottish historian and philosopher. From the book Gallery of Portraits, 1833., Historical, digitally restored reproduction from an original from the 19th century, Record date not stated..

David Hume 1711-1776. Schottischer Historiker und Philosoph. Aus dem Buch Gallery of Portraits,1833., Historisch, digital restaurierte Reproduktion von einer Vorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Record date not stated.

Philip V; 1683 ñ 1746. King of Spain from 1700 to 15 January 1724, when he abdicated in favour of his son Louis, and from 6 September 1724-1746 following the death of his son. Portrait dated 1723, by Jean Ranc (1674ñ1735)

Benjamin Franklin. Colour mezzotint by F. Janinet, 1789, after J. S. Duplessis, 1778.

Benjamin Harrison , the Fifth "Third of Berkeley", Signer of the Declaration of Independence, Three Times Governor of Virginia, Father of President William Henry Harrison

George III.. 1886. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, kings , Great Britain

Wenzel Anton Furst KAUNITZ-Rietberg, Minister of Finance at the time of Empress Maria Theresa of Austria 1717-80

Prince Grigorij Aleksandrovic Potemkin, by Anonymous, 19th Century, oil on canvas, cm 71 x 56

Dauphin LOUIS of France, 1729-65, son of Louis XV, 1710-74 King of France and Navarre (MV 3791)

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