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18th Century Portraits of Nobility

Engravings of aristocratic figures in grand attire, often framed, showcasing the fashion and status of notable individuals from history.

Portrait of Anna van Hannover, Princess of Oranje -Nassau, Wouter Jongman, After H. Hyning, 1712 - 1744 print BostePortret of Anna van Hannover, in dress. The portrait is caught in an oval frame with a crowned coat of arms of the portrayed person. A six -line poem in Dutch in a framework on the Pieth stable. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving crown (symbol of sovereignty)
Portrait of Anna van Hannover, Princess of Oranje -Nassau, Wouter Jongman, After H. Hyning, 1712 - 1744 print BostePortret of Anna van Hannover, in dress. The portrait is caught in an oval frame with a crowned coat of arms of the portrayed person. A six -line poem in Dutch in a framework on the Pieth stable. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving crown (symbol of sovereignty)
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Portret van Louise Françoise de la Baume Le Blanc de la Vallière. Louise Françoise de la Balm Le Blanc, Hertogin van la Vallière, Mistress van Lodewijk XIV. Onder Het Portret Haar Naam in Titel.Francesca Cuzzoni Sandoni (1696-1778), Italian soprano, and Signora Faustina Bordoni (1770-1781), Italian opera singer. When they appeared together in London in 1727, a near riot occurred between their rival fans.. Stipple engraved portrait showing the two singers in oval windows.LImagination (Imagination). Artist: Nicolas-Henri Jacob, French, 1782-1871 Publisher: Pierre Langlumé, French, born 1790, active 1822-40Head of Woman Looking Right. Medium: etching. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Wenceslaus Hollar after Lorenzo di Credi.This painting, titled Portrait of the Artist's Wife, is a good example of Van Dyck's power of depicting female character.Woman with a pearl cord in her hair, Jan Chalon, 1790 print A young woman. Bust to the left. She wears a pearl necklace in her hair. paper etching / drypoint morphology of human expression (+ adult female (human being)). head-gear. pearl; pearl necklaceDacier, Anne.Alessandro Count of Cagliostro, pseudonym for Giuseppe Balsamo (born 8 June 1743 in Palermo, died 26 August 1795 in San Leo) was an Italian occultist, alchemist and adventurer, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not statedThe Cooper of Breteuil, Gabrielle Emilie Stecher: Delvaux, Remidaterung: 1763/1823Smiling princely woman, 1813, anonymous, 1813, Portrait of a smiling princely woman, on the occasion of the liberation of the Netherlands in 1813. The woman wears a cap and on the chest a medallion of Prince William V on an orange ribbon. Tradition has it that this was a servant of the Simon Thomas family in Leiden., draughtsman: anonymous, Netherlands, 1813, paper, pen, brush, h 510 mm × w 400 mmAnne Boleyn (c1504-1536) second wife of Henry VIII of England: mother of Elizabeth I: found guilty of high treason on grounds of adultery: charges almost certainly fabricated. 19th century engraving after Holbein Catherine Maria Sedgwick. Artist: Asher Brown Durand (American, Jefferson, New Jersey 1796-1886 Maplewood, New Jersey); After Charles Cromwell Ingham (American (born Ireland), Dublin 1786-1863 New York). Dimensions: plate: 9 3/8 x 6 3/8 in. (23.8 x 16.2 cm). Publisher: James Herring (American, 1794-1867). Sitter: Catherine Maria Sedgwick (American, Stockbridge, Massachusetts 1789-1867). Date: 1832. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Ludwig Ix., King of France, Saint.Clair Josèphe Hippolyte Leris or Mademoiselle Clairon or La Clairon, French actress, 1723-1803. Mlle Clairon. Theatre Francais. Handcoloured stipple engraving after Jacques Grasset Saint-Sauveur from Acteurs et Actrices Celebres, Famous Actors and Actresses, Chez Latour Libraire, Paris, 1808.Gadelle, Jacobus.Portrait depicting Mary, Queen of Scots. Mary, Queen of Scots (1542-1587) also known as Mary Stuart or Mary I, reigned over Scotland from 1542-1567. She was found guilty of plotting to assassinate Queen Elizabeth I in 1586 and was beheaded the following year. Dated 16th centuryFigures from an 18th century colouring book. Professionally coloured examples and partially coloured versions. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Robert Sayers The Artists Vade Mecum, Being the Whole Art of Drawing, London, 1766.Portrait of a Queen of the Amazons, with left breast exposed, holding an axe and shield. Legendary female warriors from Greek myth. Amazonum Regina. Copperplate engraving by Pieter Bodart (1676-1712) from Henricus Spoors Deorum et Heroum, Virorum et Mulierum Illustrium Imagines Antiquae Illustatae, Gods and Heroes, Men and Women, Illustrated with Antique Images, Petrum, Amsterdam, 1715. First published as Favissæ utriusque antiquitatis tam Romanæ quam Græcæ in 1707. Henricus Spoor was a Dutch physician, classical scholar, poet and writer, fl. 1694-1716.Elisabeth I. Elizabeth I, Elizabeth Tudor, The Virgin Queen, The Maiden Queen, 7. September 1533, 24. März 1603, war vom 17. November 1558 bis an ihr ...Margaret Duchess of Portland, William Duke of Portland, and Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, in ovals, with emblematic and heraldic devices. Line engraving by G. Vertue 1739, after C.F. Zincke, 1738.Charlotte von Kalb (1761-1843), writer, steel engraving, before 1880Historic print, copper engraving, 1754, portrait of Margaretha or Meta Klopstock, 1728 - 1758, first wife of Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock, 1724 - 1803, a German poet, from Bildatlas zur Geschichte der Deutschen Nationalliteratur, an illustrated atlas by Gustav Koennecke, 1887The Tenant's Daughter, Print made by unknown artist, eighteenth century, Published by Haines & Son, active 1795-1809, British, 1798, Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, Sheet: 16 1/8 × 10 1/2 inches (41 × 26.7 cm), Plate: 14 × 10 inches (35.6 × 25.4 cm), and Image: 12 1/4 × 10 inches (31.1 × 25.4 cm)Margarete, Princess of Lorraine Publisher: Moncornet, Baltazardatting: 1633/1668Seebach, Elisabeth of.