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19th Century Portraits of Women

A collection of elegant 19th-century portraits featuring women in lavish dresses, showcasing rich colors and intricate details in classic artistic styles.

Portrait of Maria Antonovna Naryshkina by Franz Xavier Winterhalter, oil on canvas, 1858, 1805-1873, Russia, St. Petersburg , State Hermitage, 150x114

Portrait of Maria Antonovna Naryshkina by Franz Xavier Winterhalter, oil on canvas, 1858, 1805-1873, Russia, St. Petersburg , State Hermitage, 150x114

Portrait of Queen Sophie of Netherlands, (Sophie of Württemberg) died in 1877. painted in 1863 by Franz Xaver Winterhalter (18051873)

Empress Josephine , Portrait , Prud'hon

Auguste von Harrach, Countess of Hohenzollern, Princess of Liegnitz (1800-1873). Married to King Frederick William III of Prussia, Portrait

Caroline Amelia Elizabeth of Brunswick (1768-1821). Queen consort of the United Kingdom. Wife of King George IV. Married George, Prince of Wales in 1795 but he was already secretely married to Mrs Fitzherbert. This portrait was painted after her separation from the Prince of Wales. By Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830). Oil on canvas (140,3 x 111,8 cm), 1894. National Portrait Gallery. London, England, United Kingdom.

Countess of Eglinton, Sir John Watson Gordon (Edinburgh, Scotland, 1788 - 1864)

EUGENIA DE MONTIJO EMPERATRIZ DE FRANCIA . GRANADA 1826-1920 OLEO DE FRANZ XAVER WINTERHALTER PALACIO DE LIRIA . MADRID. Author: FRANZ XAVER WINTERHALTER (1805-1873).

Mrs. William Astor, was born in 1831 as Caroline Webster Schermerhorn. In 1853, she married William Backhouse Astor Jr., a banker and grandson of John Jacob Astor. The 1890 oil painting is by French society portraitist, Carolus-Duran (BSLOC_2018_3_67)

Julia Tyler was the First Lady of the United States. She was the second wife of President John Tyler. Francesco Anelli, circa 1848

Portrait of the Grand Duchess Alexandra Nikolaevna', 1840. Grand Duchess Alexandra Nikolaevna of Russia (1825-1844) was the youngest daughter of Grand Duchess of Russia, Alexandra Nikolaevna (1825-1844), daughter of Nikolai I. Painting by Christina Robertson-Saunders 1796 - 1854. Oil on canvas circa 18101854

England, London, Kensington, Science Museum, Portrait of Ada Lovelace by Margaret Sarah Carpenter dated 1835

Maximiliane Wilhelmine Auguste Sophie Marie of Hesse and by Rhine (8 August 1824) (3. June 1880) was a Princess of Hesse and by Rhine by birth and married under the name Maria Alexandrovna Tsarina of Russia, Painting by Franz Xaver Winterhalter, Maximiliane Wilhelmine Auguste Sophie Marie of Hesse and by Rhine (8 August 1824) (3 June 1880) was a Princess of Hesse and by Rhine by birth and married under the name Maria Alexandrovna Tsarina of Russia, Painting by Franz Xaver Winterhalter

Queen CAROLINE of Bavaria wife of King Maximilian

Portrait of Queen Maria Luisa, by Francisco de Goya (1746-1828).

'Portrait of Countess Yelizaveta K. Vorontsova (1792-1880)'. Great Britain, 1832. Dimensions: 127x102 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: Sir George Hayter.

'Portrait of Empress Maria Alexandrovna'. France, 1857. Dimensions: 130,0x95,5 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: FRANZ XAVER WINTERHALTER.

Arnberg, Elise, Queen Desideria, S 252, 6.7x5.6, photo H. Aaltonen 15.7.97

Eugenie de Montijo, Empress of the French by Dubufe, Edouard Louis (1819-1883) / Musee de l'Histoire de France, Chateau de Versailles / 1854 / France / Oil on canvas / Portrait / 113x97,5 / Academic art

FRANCESCA, Princess of Joinville, b. 1824 Brazilian wife of Francis Ferdinand Philippe d'Orlans, Prince of Joinville, 1818-1900, French admiral, third son of Louis Philippe, King of France

JOSEPHINE de Beauharnais, 1763-1814 Empress of France, consort of Napoleon Bonaparte, 1809

Empress Josephine , Gros 1809

Mrs. Adrian Baucker Holmes ca. 1850 Charles Wesley Jarvis. Mrs. Adrian Baucker Holmes 11239

Detail of Gainsborough's "Portrait of Madame Beaufoy". Adolphe Braun (French, 1812 - 1877)

Anita garibaldi

Princess Henrietta of Nassau-Weilburg (1797-1829), the wife of Archduke Charles of Austria, Lieder, Friedrich Johan Gottlieb (1780-1859)

'Portrait of Grand Duchess Alexandra Iosifovna'. Germany, 1857. Dimensions: 253x175 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: FRIEDRICH AUGUST VON KAULBACH.

Mrs Grimston, Sir Joshua Reynolds (Plymouth, England, 1723 - 1792) 1756

Mrs. Stephen Van Rensselaer III (Cornelia Paterson) ca. 1825 Nathaniel Rogers American The sitter (1780-1844) was the daughter of William Paterson, second governor of New Jersey and associate justice of the United States Supreme Court from 1793 to 1806. On May 17, 1802, she became the second wife of Congressman Stephen Van Rensselaer III of Albany. Robert Fulton (q.v.) also portrayed her.. Mrs. Stephen Van Rensselaer III (Cornelia Paterson) 11943

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Carolina Ferdinanda Louisa or Sicily (1798-1870). Wife of Charles Ferdinand, Duc de Berry, in the Park or Bagatelle in The Bois de Boulogne (near Paris). Portrait of the Duchess of Berry, Carolina Ferdinanda Louisa from Sicily (the oldest daughter of French I, King of Naples), wife of Karel Ferdinand, Duke of Berry, in the park of Bagatelle in the Bois de Boulogne at Paris. Fut out, sitting on a garden bench at a garden vase. Right at her feet a dog.

George Romney, Mrs Davies Davenport, 1782 1784 Mrs. Davies Davenport

Lady Elizabeth Howard, 5th Duchess of Rutland, John Hoppner, 1798, Lady Lever Art Gallery, Port Sunlight, Liverpool, England, UK, Europe

Portrait of Lady Elizabeth Haythorne 1791 - George Romney

Countess of CASA FLORES

Lady Elizabeth Hamilton (1753-1797), Countess of Derby, George Romney, circa 1777

Empress Elisabeth of Austria, Wolfrum Kunstverlag, publishing house

Queen of United Kingdom, Alexandra of Denmark, Copyright: xKenxGraham/DinodiaxPhotox

MARIA CRISTINA DE BORBON - S XIX. Author: LUIS DE LA CRUZ Y RIOS (1776-1853). Location: PALACIO REAL-PINTURA. MADRID. SPAIN. Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies. MARIA CRISTINA DE PARMA. PARMA MARIA CRISTINA DE. MARIA CRISTINA DE NAPOLES. ESPOSA DE FERNANDO VII-REINA DE ESPAÑA.

Ada Rehan (1857 - 1916), Irish born American actress, one of the great comediennes of her day, represented the "personality" style of acting in the nineteenth century. Shown here in costume as Lady Teazle in The School For Scandal, written by Richard Brinsley Sheridan. Date: 1899

Viktoria Countess Folliot of Crenneville (1789-1887), née Baroness von Poutet, wife of Ludwig Count of Folliot-Crenneville, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated.

MARIA Sophia of Bavaria, Queen of the Two Sicilies, wife of Francis II

Karoline PICHLER, 1769-1843, Viennese singer and actress

Miniature portrait of Emilia Chopin by an unknown artist. Emilia Chopin (1812-1827) a younger sister of Polish composer Fryderyk Chopin Dated 19th Century

Portrait of Countess Maria Ivanovna Lamsdorf, nee Beck by Winterhalter, Franz Xavier (1805-1873) / Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York / 1859 / France / Oil on canvas / Portrait / 145,4x115

Adelina Patti (1843-1919). Italian Soprano. Portrait by Raimundo de Madrazo y Garreta (1841-1920), 1873. History Museum. Madrid. Spain.

Thomas Gainsborough, Mrs John Taylor, c 1778 Mrs. John Taylor

ADELAIDE OF SAXE-MEININGEN Queen to William IV

'Portrait of the Grand Duchess Alexandra Nikolaevna', 1840. Artist: Christina Robertson

Countess CRISTINA Barbiano de Belgioioso

Salom-Louise COULMANN, Countess Walther, 1812 (MV 6198)

Franziska Skrbensky, Countess of Monyrokerek and Monoszlo, nee Countess Erdoedy (of the Star Cross Order, historical, digitally restored reproduction from an original from the 19th century.

Empress ELISABETH of Austria, called Sissi, 1837-98, wife of Emperor Franz Josef of Austria, 1854

Portrait of Antonina Schmidt Cercha, Stanis AW (1867 1919)

Empress Elisabeth of Austria with Diamond stars in her hair by Winterhalter, Franz Xavier (1805-1873) / Private Collection / ca 1860 / France / Oil on canvas / Portrait / 80x64

England, London, Knightsbridge, Victoria and Albert Museum, Portrait of Queen Victoria about 1857-61 by Unknown Artist

Portrait of Julie Farmer, 1874, England, by Nicholas Chevalier. Bequest of Miss Julia Gollan, 1977.

Manuelita ROSAS, 1817-98 daughter of Juan Manuel de Rosas, 1793-1877 Argentinian military and political leader and governor of Buenos Aires

Eleonora DUSE, 1858-1924 Italian actress and opera singer

Anne-Francoise Hippolyte, better known as Mademoiselle Mars, born February 9, 1779 in Paris, died March 20, 1847, was a French actress, historically, digitally restored reproduction of a template from the 19th century, Record Date Not Stated

Antonie Countess Gyulai, nee Wratislaw-Mitrowitz (Wife of Franz Count Gyulai, historical, digitally restored reproduction from an original from the 19th century.

Portrait of Countess Katarzyna Potocka (1825-1907), née Branicka, Amerling, Friedrich Ritter von (1803-1887)

RETRATO DE LA REINA MARIA JOSEFA AMALIA - SIGLO XIX. Author: LUIS DE LA CRUZ Y RIOS (1776-1853). Location: MINISTERIO DE EDUCACION Y CIENCIA. MADRID. SPAIN. Maria Josepha Amalia of Saxony. ESPOSA DE FERNANDO VII-REINA DE ESPAÑA.

QUEEN VICTORIA A portrait from 1838, showing the Queen at the age of 19. Date: 1819 - 1901

Antonie Countess Gyulai, née Wratislaw-Mitrowitz (died 1831) . Wife of Franz Count Gyulai, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

'Portrait of Young Princess Zinaida N. Yusupova'. Russia, 1875. Dimensions: 74x60 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: JEAN FOUQUET.

Princess Fatima Ismail of Egypt (1853-1920) led a fierce and long campaign to allow women into university, an effort that resulted in the admission of the first Egyptian female student into Cairo university in 1928. Daughter of Khedive Ismail Pasha

Empress MARIE-LOUISE of France 1791-1847, wife of Napoleon I, with her son King of Rome as baby (MV4704)

Portrait of Katherine Boulton, 1850 By Sir Francis Grant, Oil Painting, Portrait, Female

Portrait of the Empress Maria Alexandrovna (1824-1880), wife of Emperor Alexander II. By Ivan Tyruin (1824-1905), 1880. Oil on canvas. The State Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg. Russia.

Erwine Countess Wallis (Sternberg-Manderscheid, historical, digitally restored reproduction from an original from the 19th century.

Sarah Siddons, 1755 - 1831, Welsh actress

Martha Dandridge Custis Washington, 1731 - 1802, the wife of George Washington, the first president of the United States

Portrait of Mrs Frederick Ashton Johnson. Sir Samuel Henry William Llewellyn (1858-1941). Oil on canvas. Dated 1903. 137.2 x 90.2cm

Mrs. John Adams Conant 1829 William Dunlap American. Mrs. John Adams Conant 10784

Konstantia Reyer, born from Millesi 1770-1859 wife of F. T. Reyer, historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century template, Record Date not stated,

Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams, the British born wife of John Quincy Adams, in 1816 by Charles Robert Leslie. At this time, she was back in her birthplace, London, where her husband, John Quincy Adams was US Ambassador (BSLOC_2019_8_97)

Portrait of empress of Austria sisi by Georg Martin Ignaz Raab, Oil on canvas, before 1885, 1821-1885, Private Collection

Frederika Sophia Wilhelmina, 1751-1820, princes of Prussia, wife of prins Willem V, Anonymous, c. 1770

Lady Randolph Churchill, John Singer Sargent,

Gabriele Countess Andrassy, née Palffy 1833-1876 Wife of Emanuel Andrassy, historically, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century template, Record Date Not Stated

Portrait of Mrs Barbara Baker Murphy (Wife of Sea Captain) about 1810 Joshua Johnson

Oktavia Countess Merveldt, born Czernin 1802-1879, historically, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century template, Record Date Not Stated

LOUISA CATHERINE ADAMS, by Edward Savage, 1791-1794, American painting, oil on canvas. The former Louisa Johnson was the British born daughter of an American Merchant (BSLOC_2019_5_69)

Sophie Müller 1803-1839, German-Austrian actress, historical, digitally restored reproduction of a template from the 19th century, Record Date Not Stated

Duchess Helene of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1814-1858), later Duchess of Orléans, Meuret, François (1800-1887)

Giuditta PASTA 1797-1865 Italian soprano singer, 19th century

Louise Liebhart 1828-1899, opera singer, historical, digitally restored reproduction of a template from the 19th century, Record date not stated,

Adelheid von Austria, full name Adelheid Franziska Marie Rainera Elisabeth Clotilde from Austria born June 3, 1822 in Milan, died 20 January 1855 in Turin was a koenigin of Sardinia, historically, digitally restored reproduction of a template from the 19th century, Record Date Not Stated

'Portrait of Grand Duchess Maria Nikolayevna'. Great Britain, Mid-19th century. Dimensions: 34,2x26,4 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: CHRISTINA ROBERTSON.

Vienna, Hotel Imperial, F x Winterhalter, Painting Empress Elisabeth Sisi Vienna, Hotel Imperial, F x Winterhalter, Painting EMPRINT EMPRETHET Sisi

Princess de Beaumont. John Singer Sargent (1856-1925). Oil on canvas. 60.3 x 50.5cm

Portrait of a Lady, Velazquez, Diego Rodriguez, 1632.

Portrait of Princess Beatrice of Battenberg, by Joaquin Sorolla y Bastida who lived until 1923. Oil on canvas.

'Mrs Davies Davenport', 1782-1784 (1926).Artist: George Romney

Princess Sophie Therese Johanna von der Leyen, née Countess of Schönborn-Buchheim 1798 1876, historically, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century template, Record Date Not Stated

Her majesty Queen Victoria in 1855. 1819-1901. Princess Alexandrina Victoria of Saxony-Coburg. From a watercolor by F. Winterhalter in Buckingham Palace, historically, digitally restored reproduction of a template from the 19th century, Record Date Not Stated

Elisabeth of Austria (24 December 1837 10 September 1898) was the wife of Emperor Franz Joseph I, and thus Empress of Austria and Queen of Hungary

Marie Studholme, English theatre actress, 1901.Artist: W&D Downey

Portrait of a grey-haired Queen Charlotte of Mecklenburg - Strelitz (1744 - 1818) painted in an oval form. By Thomas Gainsborough (1727 - 1788) An English portrait and landscape painter. Dated 1780

Portrait of Elizabeth Stirling Foote. Date/Period: 1832. Portrait, Miniatures. Watercolor on ivory portrait in brass locket with glass lenses on both sides. Author: Thomas Seir Cummings.

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