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Elegant Historical Portraits

Artistic portraits of women from historical periods in elegant dresses, showcasing fashion trends and styles of the time.

Letitia Elizabeth Landon (1802-38), English Poet and Novelist, Three-Quarter Length Portrait, Steel Engraving, Portrait Gallery of Eminent Men and Women of Europe and America by Evert A. Duyckinck, Published by Henry J. Johnson, Johnson, Wilson & Company,

Maria de la Felicidad Malibran nee Garcia or La Malibran, 1808-1836, French opera singer

Teofila Strzeżysław Née Jabłonowska Sapieha (Teofila Sapieha) (1742 1816), iithuanian Court Official, Activist of the Confederation of Bar, Wife of Józef. Daughter of Caroiina Radziwiłł from Her Second Marriage to Józef Aleksander Jabłonowski (1711 1777). Lady of the Starry Cross (1757). Szretter, Antoni Lech (1826 1907)

Saint Elizabeth of Portugal (1271-1336). Queen consort of Portugal, wife of King Dinis (Denis) of Portugal. Portrait. Illustration by Llanta, detail. Cronica General de Espaa. Historia Ilustrada y Descriptiva de sus Provincias. Valencia, 1867.

Victoria, Duchess of Kent and Strathearn, 1786-1861. Mother of Queen Victoria. From a picture by Winterhalter .From the book ""V.R.I. Her Life and Empire"" by The Marquis of Lorne, K.T. now his grace The Duke of Argyll.

Mary of Modena, queen consort of King James II, (1907). Artist: Unknown

Dona Maria II. (4 April 1819) (15 November 1853), the Educator or Good Mother, reigned as Queen of Portugal from 1826 to 1828 and again from 1834 to (1853), Historical, digital reproduction of a 19th century original

Mary Duchess of Ancaster, Richard Houston, ca. 1721-1775, British, after Sir Joshua Reynolds RA, 1723-1792, British, 1756, Mezzotint

Queen Victoria of Great Britain; as a young princess aged sixteen in 1835

ISABEL II REINA DE LAS ESPAÑAS - 1830/1904 - LITOGRAFIA S XIX. Author: SANTIAGO LLANTA Y GUERIN-LITOGRAFO-. Location: MUSEO DEL ROMANTICISMO-GRABADOS. MADRID. SPAIN. ISABEL II REINA DE ESPAÑA (1830-1904).

Princess Victoria at the age of fifteen, c1834.Artist: John Rogers Herbert

Portrait of Madame Necker, vintage engraved illustration.

Madame de Fougeret. Anne-Françoise de Fougeret born Anne-Françoise Outremont (1745-1813) was a French socialite and philanthropist who founded one of the first secular women's charity organizations in France, the Société de Charité Maternelle. France. Europe. Old 19th century engraved illustration from Portraits et histoire des hommes utile by Societe Montyon et Franklin 1837

Portrait of George Ferrers Townsend, 3rd Marquis (1778-1855) by the English School. Dated 19th Century

Maria II of Portugal (1819-1853). Queen of Portugal born in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), called "the Good Mother" and "the Educator". She reigned for two periods: 1826-1828 and 1834-1853. Portrait. Drawing by C. Legrand. Lithography by J. Donon. Detail. "Reyes Contemporaneos" (Contemporary Kings). Volume III. Published in Madrid, 1854.

Historical drawing, portrait of Adelina Patti or Adela Juana Maria Patti, 1843-1919, Spanish opera singer

Portrait of Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1786-1861) a German princess and mother of Queen Victoria (1819-1901). Dated 19th Century

The Lady Mary, daughter of King Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon, later Queen Mary I of England (1516-1558). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Francis Bartolozzi after Hans Holbein from Facsimiles of Original Drawings by Hans Holbein, Hamilton, Adams, London, 1884.

PRINCESSE MATHILDE BONAPARTE, daughter of Prince Jerome, so niece of Napoleon : married Anatol Demidoff but divorced 1846 : French social leader at court of Napoleon III Date: 1820 - 1904

Portrait of Madame Necker , vintage engraving. Portrait of Madame Necker, vintage engraved illustration. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10656316

Portrait of a Lady John Hoppner (British, 1758-1810). Portrait of a Lady, 1800-1805. Oil on canvas, 50 x 40 1/2 in. (127.0 x 102.9 cm). European Art 1800-1805

Empress Marie Louise, Empress of France, (1791-1847). Artist: Unknown

Empress Teresa Cristina of Brazil wearing the Sash of a Dame Grand Cross of the Imperial Order of the Cross, with the badge of the Order suspended from the sash - Johann Moritz Rugendas, 1846

Anna Elisabeth Schoenemann, Lili Schonemann (1758-1817), fiance of J.W. von Goethe, steel engraving, before 1880

Mary Queen of Scots,1542-1587. Also Mary Stuart, daughter of James V, King of Scotland. From the book ""The Story of Queen Mary"" by A.H.Millar.Published Glasgow 1897.

Eleonore von Schwarzenberg (1812-1873), née von Lechtenstein, Princess, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

Mrs. Charlotte Lennox 1777 John Smart British. Mrs. Charlotte Lennox 437690

Francoise d'Aubigne Maintenon, aka Madame de Maintenon, 1635-1719. Second wife of Louis XIV. Photo-etching after the painting by Stael. From the book ' Lady Jackson's Works, Old Paris II, It's Court and Literary Salons' Published London 1899.

Portrait of Héléne Leonore Dubois; Helena Leonora de Sieveri. Héléne Leonore Dubois, wife of Hendrick Dubois.

Marie-Antoinette, 2 November 1755, born in 1793 as Archduchess Maria Antonia of Austria, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, e...

Reuss-Köstritz, Auguste Princess.

Portrait of Anne, Queen of Great Britain (1665-1714).

'Anna Von Oesterreich', (1933). Creator: Unknown.

Lady Palmerston (1787-1869), wife of Lord Palmerston. Artist: Unknown

CLAUDINE POTOCKA (nee Dzalynska) Polish patriot who devoted herself to the Polish emigres in Switzerland, and the cause of Polish national- -ism but died young (illness) Date: 1802 - 1836

Joanna Baillie, 1762 - 1851. Scottish poet and dramatist. After an engraving by H. Robinson from a painting by John James Masquerier.

Italy, Milan, Portrait of Italian soprano and second wife of Giuseppe Verdi, Giuseppina Strepponi (1815 - 1897), 1840-50

Mrs. James Clinton Griswold 1854 Charles Loring Elliott. Mrs. James Clinton Griswold 10851

FRANCES SARGENT OSGOOD (nee Locke) American poet, author of 'A wreath of wild flowers from New England' with her autograph Date: 1811 - 1850

Mrs. George Henry Loring (Amalia Heredia) 1849 Richard Morrell Staigg Amalia Heredia married George Henry Loring in 1850, as his second wife.. Mrs. George Henry Loring (Amalia Heredia). Richard Morrell Staigg (1817-1881). American. 1849. Watercolor on ivory

QUEEN VICTORIA Circa 1840. Date: 1819 - 1901

Detail of Gainsborough's Portrait of Madame Beaufoy; Adolphe Braun (French, 1811 - 1877); Paris, France; 1903; Carbon print; 54.3 x 41.3 cm (21 3,8 x 16 1,4 in.)

'Marie-Pauline Bonaparte', c1800, (1896). Artist: R. G. Tietze.

Marie Anne de la Trémoille (ca. 1642-1722). Princess des Ursins. French noblewoman. Queen's camarera mayor to Maria Luisa of Savoy (first wife of King Philip V of Spain). Portrait. "Glorias Españolas" (Glories of Spain). Volume IV. Published in Barcelona, 1890.

Victoria Mary Louisa, Duchess of Kent (1786-1861)

Elizabeth Woodville or Wydeville, circa 1437 to 1492. Queen consort of Edward IV, King of England. From the book Our Queen Mothers by Elizabeth Villiers.

Sophie of Württemberg, Sophie Friederike Matilda, 17 June 1818 - 3 June 1877, was Queen of the Netherlands and the first wife of King William III., Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Sophie of Württemberg, 17 June 1818 - 3 June 1877, was Queen of the Netherlands and the first wife of King William III., Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original .

JOAQUINA BAUS - ACTRIZ DE TEATRO. Location: MUSEO DE HISTORIA-GRABADOS BLANCO Y NEGRO. MADRID. SPAIN. BAUS JOAQUINA. TAMAYO Y BAUS MANUEL MADRE. TAMAYO JOSE ESPOSA.

Katherine Parr, sixth queen of King Henry VIII of England. Steel engraving by W.H. Mote after a portrait by J.W. Wright from Mary Howitt's Biographical Sketches of The Queens of England, Virtue, London, 1868.

Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson, dame Le Normant d'etiolles, marquise (margravine) de Pompadour, duchesse (duchess) de Menars (born 29 December 1721 in Paris, died 15 April 1764 in Versailles), in short Madame de Pompadour, was a mistress of the French King Louis XV, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

Joanna of Castile (known as Joanna the Mad) (1479-1555). Queen of Castile (1504-1555) and Aragon (from 1516), daughter of the Catholic Monarchs. Wife of Philip the Handsome. Illustration by Llanta, Detail. Lithography. Crnica General de Espaa, Historia Ilustrada y Descriptiva de sus Provincias. Castilla-La Vieja, 1870.

'Sarah Churchill - born Jennings, Duchess of Marlborough (1660-1744) Wife of the British military commander. Became influential due to her close friendship with Queen Anne. Chromolithograph.'

Mary, Queen of Scots (1542-1587). Queen of Scotland and Queen consort of France. Engraving by E. Krell. Historia Universal, 1885.

Mme Susan Sontag as Rosina in Rossini´s Barber of Seville. GIOACCHINO ROSSINI.

Marie-Antoinette, 2 November 1755, born in 1793 as Archduchess Maria Antonia of Austria, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown

Mary Stuart when young, (1907). Artist: Unknown

Anne of Warwick, queen of King Richard III of England. Steel engraving from Mary Howitt's Biographical Sketches of The Queens of England, Virtue, London, 1868.

'Anne, Lady Fairfax, wife of Thomas, Lord Fairfax', 1811. From From "Portraits of characters illustrious in British History from the beginning of the reign of Henry the Eighth to the end of the reign of James the Second" Samuel Woodburn, London, 1815.

Anne Stuart, 6 February 1665, 1 August 1714, was Queen of the Kingdom of Ireland from 1702 to 1714, Queen of both the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland from 1702 to 1707, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown

Henrietta Anne. April 05, 1955.

The Goethe Centenary (1932) Goethe's well-known friend, Charlotte Van Stein. July 04, 1932.

Charlotte Bronte & Emily Or. June 26, 1939.

'Sarah Jennings, Duchess of Marlborough', (early-mid 19th century). Creator: Henry Thomas Ryall.

Mary Wollstonecroft Shelley, 1797-1861. English novelist. From the book ""The Masterpiece Library of Short Stories, English, Volume 7""

Mrs. Peter De Lancey (Elizabeth Colden, 1720-1784) 1783 George Engleheart British. Mrs. Peter De Lancey (Elizabeth Colden, 1720-1784) 436274

Portrait of Elisa Beer-Oppenheim, Eduard Isaac Asser, c. 1854 - c. 1855 photograph Amsterdam paper. photographic support. cardboard salted paper print historical persons - BB - woman

George Sand (1804-1876) (Amandine Aurore Lucie Dudevant) French Romantic novelist, Chopin's lover for 8 years: also of Prosper Merimee and Alfred de Musset.

Madame Du Barry. Jeanne Bécu, Comtesse Du Barry, 1743 -1793. Mistress of Louis XV. After a work by G. Herreyns.

Jeanne-Marie Manon Roland de La Platiere, Madame Roland, 17 March 1754, 8 November 1793, was a political figure in the French Revolution who ran a sal...

MRS. DOROTHY JORDAN AS 'PEGGY' IN 'THE COUNTRY GIRL'

HENRIETTE of France, 1727-52 daughter of Louis XV, pastel

Infanta Maria Luisa of Spain (1745 - 1792), Holy Roman Empress, German Queen, Queen of Hungary and Bohemia, Grand Duchess of Tuscany as the spouse of Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor.

Catherine de Medici, Caterina de Medici, Catherine de Medicis, 13 April 1519, 5 January 1589, was an Italian noblewoman who was Queen Consort of France from 1547 to 1559, Historical, digitally restored 19th century reproduction, exact date unknown

Emily Chubbuck Judson (1817-54), Pseudonym, Fanny Forester, American Poet, Head and Shoulders Portrait, Steel Engraving, Portrait Gallery of Eminent Men and Women of Europe and America by Evert A. Duyckinck, Published by Henry J. Johnson, Johnson, Wilson

EMILY JUDSON (nee Chubbock) American writer, as 'Fanny Forester', wife of missionary in Burma with her autograph Date: 1817 - 1854

Portrait of Elisha Beer-Oppenheim.

Elisabeth of Valois (1545-1568). Spanish queen consort. Third wife of Philip II of Spain. Portrait. Engraving, 1884. Color.

Mrs. Sylvester Dering 1878 Daniel Huntington American. Mrs. Sylvester Dering 11194

Joanna Baillie, Scottish poetess and dramatist, (1870). Artist: H Robinson

Portrait Catherina Elisabeth Ronthe born Enzler , miniature portrait, Martin Gerlach jun, photographer

MARY TUDOR QUEEN OF ENGLAND Daughter of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon

Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales, 19th century.Artist: Henry Thomas Ryall

Queen Victoria of Great Britain 1842. Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 22 January 1901) was the monarch of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death. From 1 May 1876; she used the additional title of Empress of India

Judson, Emily Chubbuck .

Mrs. George Pine 1835 American Portia Charlotte Cheetham (1805-1893) was married in 1831 to a surveyor and civil engineer, George W. Pine, who surveyed the Niagara route to the West Coast for Cornelius Vanderbilt.. Mrs. George Pine 13098

Portrait of Jane Austen (1775-1817) English novelist, whose works or romantic fiction. Dated 1810

Amalie, Princess of Hesse-Darmstadt.

Adelaide of Saxe-Coburg Meiningen (1792-1849) German-born Queen-consort of William IV of Great Britain (1830-37). Engraving of Adelaide as a widow published 1849

Maria Theresa (1717-80), Archduchess of Austria, Queen of Hungary and Bohemia (1740ñ80), Portrait

Mrs. William S. Smith' (Abigail Adams) created by John Singleton Copley in 1855. This engraving features Abigail Adams (1765-1813) and was issued in New York

RVD / Royal House photo collection. Maria Stuart, Queen of England (1662-1695). zd}

Mrs. Ethan Stone (Abigail Maria Storrs) ca. 1795 William Verstille American Abigail and her sister Clarissa were daughters of the Rev. Eleazar Storrs of Yale College. Abigail married Ethan Stone in 1795.. Mrs. Ethan Stone (Abigail Maria Storrs). William Verstille (American, Boston, Massachusetts 1757-1803 Boston, Massachusetts). American. ca. 1795. Watercolor on ivory

VIRGINIE DEJAZET French actress who specialised in travesti roles, dressed as a man. Date: 1797 - 1875

Lady JANE KNOX (nee Parsons) daughter of the earl of Rosse, wife of Arthur E Knox Date: - 1883

ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING Writer; in Rome, March 1859.

THE LATE MARIE AMELIE D'ORLEANS, EX-QUEEN OF THE FRENCH, 1866

Napoleons wife Empress Marie-Louise. August 21, 1955.

Anne Boleyn, the second of Henry VIII's six wives and Queen of England from 1533 to 1536, Historical, digitally restored 19th century reproduction, ex...

Aloisia Passini, born Forstner. Schwaeger of the Kuenstler Josef Kriehuber, historically, digitally restored reproduction of a template from the 19th century, Record Date Not Stated

Victoria Mary Louisa, Duchess of Kent (1786-1861) mother of Queen Victoria. Engraving published 1832.

Jane Austen, taken from a series of cigarette cards, 1935. Artist: Unknown

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