19th Century Portraits of Women

Vintage portraits of 19th century women in elaborate dresses, showcasing varying postures and expressions, set against subdued backgrounds.

Florence Nightingale
Florence Nightingale
Portrait of Augusta Radke;  before 1862 (1837-00-00-1862-00-00);Women, portraits, portraits en trois-quarts, women's portraitsGeorge Eliot. Author.         Date: 1819 - 1880Laura De Force Gordon, bust portrait, facing front  | Library of CongressOffice writer Augusta Lovisa Guldbrand.M Hallgarth, spiritualist, in a studio photo.      Date: circa 1870sPortrait of Johanna Friederike Charlotte Dorothea Eleonore von Bismarck (1824-1894) wife of Otto von Bismarck. Old XIX century engraved illustration from La Ilustracion Española y Americana 1894SOPHIA (SOPHIE) BRYANT Irish scientist, historian and educator.        Date: 1850 - 1922Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, Louise Dorothea Pauline Charlotte Fredericka Auguste, 21 December 1800, 30 August 1831, Historic, digital reproduction of an original 19th century documentLouise Michel (1830-1905)Portrait, Mary Page , Portrait paintings. Frank Cousins Glass Plate Negatives CollectionKorea: Empress Myeongseong (1851 - 1895), known informally as Queen Min, was the first official wife of Gojong of Korea, the twenty-sixth king of Joseon and the first emperor of the Korean Empire. Photographer unknown, late 19th centuryFriederike Wilhelmine Alexandrine Marie Helene Princess of Prussia, February 23, 1803 - April 21, 1892, a Prussian princess and, by marriage, Hereditary Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg  /  Friederike Wilhelmine Alexandrine Marie Helene Prinzessin von Preußen, 23. Februar 1803 - 21. April 1892, eine preußische Prinzessin und durch Heirat Erbgroßherzogin von Mecklenburg, Historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert,. Miss Margaret Griffith, Aged 93. December 16, 1952.Ana Machado Leao (m.1885). Dama portuguesa. Retrato por Gustavo Rocha, 1886. Museo de la Misericordia de Porto (Museu da Misericordia do Porto). Oporto (Porto). Portugal.MARIE, freifrau von EBNER- ESCHENBACH Austrian writer        Date: 1830 - 1916Harriet Tubman (1820-1913), American Abolitionist and Social Activist, Head and Shoulders Portrait, Tarby Studios, 1908Austria, Portrait of Constanze Weber Mozart (1762 - 1842)Elizabeth Barrett Browning(1806-1861), Writer.   Portrait of C.M. Haspels, Government Sister of the Diakonessenhuis in Utrecht (1908-1941).Historical illustration from the 19th Century, portrait of George Eliot or Mary Anne Evans, 1819 - 1880, a British writer, translator and journalistCharlotte Mary Mew (1869-1928), Anonymous  African American woman, half-length portrait, facing front African American Photographs Assembled for 1900 Paris Exposition.