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19th Century Portraits of Women

Artistic depictions of women from the 19th century, showcasing elegant fashion and hairstyles, reflecting their status and cultural significance.

'The Countess of Erroll', c1750, (1920). Creator: Francis Cotes.
'The Countess of Erroll', c1750, (1920). Creator: Francis Cotes.
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Portrait of R. Boswell. Unknown makerQueen Victoria(1819-1901), pictured here as a young Princess, at the age of 2. "Perdita" (Mrs Mary Robinson) after a miniature by Charles Bestland (1780-1837) (after Josua Reynolds). Mary Robinson (1758-1800) was one of the best known actresses and writers of the 18th century. She was the first mistress of the Prince of Wales, later George IV. She became known as "Perdita" after performing the role in Shakespeare's, "The Winter's Tale" and coming to the attention of the Prince. Colour Illustration from the Connoisseur, an Illustrated Magazine for Collectors Voll 3 (May-Aug 1902) published in London.Silvy, Camille Leon Louis, Photo reproduction miniature of the Duchess of Orleans, photograph, photo, photos, height mm, width mm, French, British, 1835 - 1910-02-02, photographer, 1860-02-28 - 1860-02-28, third quarter 19th century, albumen print, albumine printJane Austen.Lady Jane Grey, aka Lady Jane Dudley, 1537-1554. Titular Queen of England for nine days in 1553. Executed by Mary Tudor.Engraved by H. Robinson after G Staal. From the book ""World Noted Women"" by Mary Cowden Clarke, published 1858.Queen Victoria's mother, (1901).Artist: Franz Xaver WinterhalterHARRIET MARTINEAU writer on social and political subjects who was cured of an illness through mesmerism. with her autograph Date: 1802 - 1876Portrait dated 1834 of Queen Victoria of Great Britain and her mother Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-SaalfeldHER ROYAL HIGHNESS THE LATE DUCHESS OE KENTMaria I, Queen of England.James Watson, 1740-1790, British, Mrs. Irwin. Mezzotint.Moltke, Maria Countess, b. BurthAlice Bridgenorth, a character in Walter Scott's novel Peveril of the Peak, 19th century. Artist: UnknownJames Scott, Duke of Monmouth and Buccleuch (1649-85). Date/Period: 1664 - 1665. Painting. Author: Samuel Cooper.Oktavia Countess Merveldt, née Czernin (1802-1879), historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th-century original, record date not stated.Photograph of painting: Jacques Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772), Portrait of Maria Szymanowska. Ryś, Jan (1889-1939), photographerMrs. Caroline Deas ca. 1760 John Smart British. Mrs. Caroline Deas 437692Sarah Margaret Fuller (1810-50), American Journalist, Critic and Women's Rights Activist, Engraving from the original painting by Alonzo Chappel, 1972Henriette Clementine Meric-Lalande (1798 in Dunkerque September 4, 1867 in Chantilly) was a French opera singer (sfogato). She worked almost exclusively in Italy and was known there under her Italianized name Enrichetta Meric-Lalande. She is considered one of the great prima donnas of the early romantic bel canto opera of the 1820s and 1830s. Historical, digitally restored reproduction of an original from the 19th century.Mrs. Jean Pierre Barre 1825-30 Charles Fraser. Mrs. Jean Pierre Barre. Charles Fraser (1782-1860). American. 1825-30. Watercolor on ivoryMartha Dandridge Custis Washington (13 June 1731 - 22 May 1802) was the woman of the first US President George Washington and thus the first First Lady of the United States from 30 April 1789 to 4 March 1797, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century originalVictoria, Duchess of Kent and Strathearn, 1786-1861 Mother of Queen Victoria. From a portrait by F. Winterhalter.From the book 'The Girlhood of Queen Victoria 1832-1840 Vol II' published 1912.Mrs. McKinley ca. 1840 Thomas Seir Cummings American, born England The sitter and her husband vaguely identified by previous owners. This may be Mrs. Augustus C. McKinley (Ann Eliza Johnson) or Mrs. Samuel A. McKinley (Margaret Ann Caldwell) of New York City.. Mrs. McKinley 15029María Luisa de Parma (1751-1819). Reina consorte de España como esposa de Carlos IV. Ilustración por Miranda. Grabado por Martinez. Detalle. Historia del Levantamiento, Guerra y Revolución de España, por el Conde de Toreno. Madrid,1851.Caroline Grünbaum (1814-1868), German singer, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not statedVera Florence Annie Woodhouse, Lady Terrington (n饠Bousher) (1889 1973), British Liberal Party politician, and one of the first women Members of Parliament (MP). Date: 1923Clara WIECK, pianist wife of Robert Schumann 1810-1856 German composerMarie-Caroline de Bourbon-Sicile, duchesse de Berry, Maria Carolina Ferdinanda Luise, 5. November 1798, 17. April 1870, war eine italienische Prinzess...King Edward VI of England, 1537-1553. Son of Henry VIII and Jane Seymour. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Francis Bartolozzi after Hans Holbein from Facsimiles of Original Drawings by Hans Holbein, Hamilton, Adams, London, 1884.Lydia Coit Terry (Mrs. Eliphalet Terry); Oil on canvas; c. 1824 Samuel Finley Breese Morse; American; 1791 - 1872Mrs. Warren Rogers ca. 1821 John Paradise. Mrs. Warren Rogers 11683MARY RUSSELL MITFORD - writer best known for 'Our village', but she also won 20 thousand on the lottery, just as well as her papa was a compulsive gambler : with her autograph. Date: 1787 - 1855MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT SHELLEY Writer; wife of Percy Bysshe ShelleyOld color lithography portrait of Anne-Louise-Germaine Necker, Baroness of Staël-Holstein (Paris 1766-1817) known as Madame de Staël. Genevan and French novelist, letter writer and philosopher. Author and political propagandist. France. Les Français Illustres by Gustave Demoulin 1897King Edward VI of England, 1537-1553. Son of Henry VIII and Jane Seymour. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving by Robert Cooper after a portrait by Hans Holbein the Younger from Imitations of Original Drawings by Hans Holbein, John Chamberlaine, London, 1812.Suzanna de Roth (1789-1822), wife of Jonkheer Isaäc Pierre Graafland (1789-1825), counselor in the Supreme Court of Suriname. Portrait of Suzanna de Roth (1789-1822). Wife of Jonkheer Isaäc Pierre Graafland (1789-1825), counselor in the Supreme Court of Suriname. Half ahead, to the left, the viewer was considered. Part of the portrait miniaturen collection.'Portrait of Empress Maria Alexandrovna'. Russia, Circa 1864 - 1865. Dimensions: 79x65,5 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: Firs Zhuravlyov.Cigarette card depicting Caroline of Brunswick. Caroline of Brunswick (1768-1821) Queen of the United Kingdom by marriage to King George IV. Dated 19th CenturyAdolphe Monticelli, Madame Cahen, 1869 Madame CahenHenriette Sontag (1806-1854) ca. 1835 Franz Napoleon Heigel German. Henriette Sontag (1806-1854). Franz Napoleon Heigel (German, 1813-1888). ca. 1835. Ivory. MiniaturesMiss Frances BERESFORDLaura Pawlikowska, born Countess Baroni-Cavalcabo 1810-1892, wife of the art collector Johann Gualbert Ritter von Pawlikowsky, historically, digitally restored reproduction of a template from the 19th century, Record Date Not Stated,Madame Anna Bishop, 1810-1884, English soprano. Painted by DJPound after a photograph by Mayall. From the book The Drawing-Room of Eminent Personages, Volume 1, published in London 1860, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, record date not statedUnidentified woman, perhaps Susanna Rowson | Library of CongressPortrait of Johanna Maria Parvé, Wife of Hendrik André Cornelis Tierens, Bastiaan de Poorter, 1857Charlotte Bronte portrait, Bronte Parsonage Museum, 1816-1855, England.Portraits of King Louis Philippe and Queen Marie Amelie of France. Louis Philippe (6 October 1773 26 August 1850) was King of the French from 1830 to 1848 as the leader of the Orléanist party.Italy, Portrait of Spanish opera singer, first wife of Gioacchino Rossini, Isabella ColbranCharlotte Bronte (1816-55) English novelist. Author of 'Jane Eyre' (1847), 'Shirley' (1849), 'Vilette' (1852) Portrait by George Richmond (1809-1896) English artist.Constanza Weber, wife of Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART, 1756-91 Austrian composer, 1802Portrait of Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies (1806-1878) Queen consort of Spain and Regent of Spain. Dated 19th CenturyPortrait of Anna Maria Mozart by Maria Rosa Hagenauer-Barducci, Oil on canvas, circa 1775, -1786, Austria, Salzburg, Mozarteum (ISM), 86,3x66Dorothea Lynde Dix. Date: 1868. oil on canvas. Museum: NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY.Louis XIV of France in 1796. From Benoist's wax medallion in the king's bedchamber in Versailles., Historically, digitally restored reproduction of a template from the 19th century, Record Date Not StatedPortrait of Queen Sophia, Anonymous, 1860 - 1900 print This print is part of an album. paper historical persons. queenMARY BAKER EDDY Founder of Christian Science in later life, at her Chestnut Hill home Date: 1821 - 1910'Portrait of Countess E.P. Kochubey'. Russia, 1855. Dimensions: 29,3x23,2 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: Woldemar Hau.Portrait, Mrs. Eunice Brown Fitch by Joseph Blackburn , Portrait paintings. Frank Cousins Glass Plate Negatives CollectionEngland/UK: Charlotte Bronte (1816-1855), portrait in chalk by George Richmond (1809-1896), 1850NAPOLEON II, 1811-32 (Napolon Franois Charles Joseph Bonaparte, Duke of Reichstadt and King of RomeLady, possibly Mrs. JamesGittings. Artist: Unknown Artist, formerly attributed to: Charles Willson Peale, American, 1741-1827Queen Victoria, 1819-1901, at the age of seventy eight. From the original painting by Baron Von Angeli at Windsor Castle. From the book""Queen Victoria a biography"" published 1902.Portrait, Mrs. Eunice Brown Fitch by Joseph Blackburn , Portrait paintings. Frank Cousins Glass Plate Negatives CollectionPortrait of Princess Victoria, future Queen Victoria, Archer Shee, Sir Martin (1769-1850)Example of display card, Louisa of Germany, from Leaders series (N222) issued by Kinney Bros. 1888 Issued by Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company Trade cards from the "Leaders" series (N222), a set of 25 cards issued in 1888 to promote Kinney Tobacco Company.. Example of display card, Louisa of Germany, from Leaders series (N222) issued by Kinney Bros.. 1888. Commercial color lithograph. Issued by Kinney Brothers Tobacco CompanyLuise, princess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, duchess Luise Auguste Wilhelmine Amalie zu MecklenburgPortrait of Mrs. Robinson, by Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1872. Engraving of a painting. '...though its subject is a pretty woman dressed in the fashion of ninety years ago, she was one whose behaviour did not merit such commemoration. Mary Darby Robinson, born...in 1758, was married, at the age of fifteen, to a profligate and dishonest attorney...when her husband deserted her, she went upon the stage, being encouraged by Garrick and patronised by the Duchess of Devonshire. Her performance of Perdita, in "The Winter's Tale," drew some attention for the sake of her beauty, and she was freelyLouis XVII, 1785-1795, born Louis-Charles, was the younger son of King Louis XVI of France and Queen Marie Antoinette, historical illustration, 1880, Germany, EuropeHenry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston 1802. Princess Auguste Bonaparte Gabrielli-Drago', 1841. Artist: Theophile Gautier. Pierre Jules Theophile Gautier was a French poet, dramatist, novelist, journalist, and art and literary critic.Queen Isabella in Vöslau, Ex Queen Isabella II of Spain in Vöslau title page of Die Bomb , László frecskay -, Caricaturist, Carl Angerer -, engraverVictoria (1819 - 1901). Monarch of the United Kingdom . Engraving. 19th century. Later colouration.SHEILA KAYE-SMITH Writer, notably of novels about Sussex such as 'Sussex Gorse'. Date: 1887 - 1956Chéron, Louis.