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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,

Catherine the Great of Russia

Elisabeth Charlotte, Prinzessin von der Pfalz, genannt Liselotte von der Pfalz, 27. Mai 1652, 8. Dezember 1722, war Herzogin von Orléans und Schwägeri...

Portrait of Queen Jane Seymour (1509-1537) Queen of England and third wife of King Henry VIII. Dated 16th Century

Portrait of Wilhelmina van Pruisen, Princess of Oranje-Nassau, Charles Melchior Descourtis, 1791 print Portrait of Wilhelmina Frederica Sophia van Pruisen, Princess of Oranje-Nassau, in an oval. silk

Erskine, Jane Baroness .

Fanny (Frances) Burney, Madame D'Arblay, English novelist, 1843. Artist: Anon

Charlotte Bronte (1816-55), English Novelist and 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 & Company, New York,

1830s DRAWING FULL FIGURE QUEEN VICTORIA RULER OF GREAT BRITAIN AS YOUNG WOMAN REGALIA CROWN ROBES MONARCH 1837 - 1901

Portrait of a Lady ca. 1835 Hugh Bridport American, born England. Portrait of a Lady 15010

Lady Parker, wife of Sir Henry Parker. First wife Grace Newport, or second wife Elizabeth Calthrope. Also identified as Jane Boleyn (nee Parker), sister-in-law to Anne Boleyn. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving by James Minasi after a portrait by Hans Holbein the Younger from Imitations of Original Drawings by Hans Holbein, John Chamberlaine, London, 1812.

Portrait of Katherine Boulton, 1850. By Sir Francis Grant

Mary II (born 30 April 1662 at St James's Palace in London, died 28 December 1694 at Kensington Palace in Kensington), was Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland from 1689 until her death, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

ISABEL II DE ESPAÑA - FOTOGRAFIA EN BLANCO Y NEGRO - SIGLO XIX. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. Barcelona. SPAIN. ISABEL II REINA DE ESPAÑA (1830-1904).

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

Portrait of Princess Maria Josepha Hermenegild Esterhazy

Charlotte Princess Royal, Duchess of Wurtemberg, 19th century. Artist: Unknown

Bettina von Arnim, Countess of Arnim, 4 April 1785, 20 January 1859, born Elisabeth Catharina Ludovica Magdalena Brentano, was a German writer and novelist, Historical, digital reproduction of a 19th century original, original date unknown

Léontine Fay, wife Volnys (1811-1876), French actress. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 35403-1 Actress, French, portrait

Margaret of Anjou, queen of King Henry VI of England. Steel engraving by W.J. Edwards after a portrait by A. Bouvier from Mary Howitt's Biographical Sketches of The Queens of England, Virtue, London, 1868.

Jeanne Antoinette Poisson, also known as Madame de Pompadour (1721-1764), 1912. Artist: Unknown

Portrait of Clara Wieck-Schumann (1819-1896), Anonymous

Miss Agnes McCallum, William Mercer (Scotland, active 1820 - 1836) 1836

LA REINA MARIA LUISA - SIGLO XVIII. Author: FRANCISCO GOYA Y LUCIENTES DE (1746-1828). CARLOS IV ESPOSA. MARIA LUISA DE PARMA (1751-1819). MARIA LUISA DE BORBON-PARMA (1751/1819). MARIA LUISA DE BORBON-PARMA (1751-1819). MARIA LUISA DE BORBON (1751-1819).

Miniature Portrait of Eliza Katherine Crawley, by Sir William Charles Ross, 19th century, (1903). Artist: Sir William Charles Ross

Line Engraving Portrait Queen Catherine of Arragon Wife of King Henry VIII of England from the original by Holbein

Maria Theresa 1717-1780 Archduchess of Austria and Queen of Hungary, Croatia and Bohemia from the book Crabbs Historical Dictionary from 1825, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

Painting of Sara Delano Roosevelt. The mother of President Franklin Roosevelt was a beautiful, intelligent socialite. Ca. 1880.

Francois-Joseph Talma (15 January 1763) (19 October 1826 in Paris) French actor, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th century play

Early Photographic portrait of Marie Curie (1867-1934) a Polish and naturalized-French physicist, chemist and the first female Nobel Prize winner. Dated 19th Century

Mrs. James Beekman, (Jane Ketaltas).. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. New York (State) , History

RETRATO DE MARIA CRISTINA DE BORBON - SIGLO XIX. Location: MUSEO DEL ROMANTICISMO-GRABADOS. MADRID. SPAIN. Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies. MARIA CRISTINA DE PARMA. PARMA MARIA CRISTINA DE. ESPOSA DE FERNANDO VII-REINA DE ESPAÑA.

Isabella II (1830-1904). Queen of Spain (1833-1868). Portrait. Engraving, detail. Panorama Español, Crónica Contemporánea. Madrid, 1842.

Princess Augusta, second daughter of George III, 19th century. Artist: Unknown

Margherita barezzi verdi, Giuseppe Verdi's first wife

Mrs. Andrew Jackson engraved by John Chester Buttre. Circa 1883. A portrait of Mrs. Andrew Jackson facing slightly right.

Maria Elisabeth Alexandrina Augusta Carolina Josepha Walburga, Fürstin zu Fürstenberg (born 30 November 1767 in Regensburg, died 21 July 1822 at Heiligenberg Castle) was a driving force of the mediatised German imperial estates from 1806 to 1816, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

Katarina von Bora (1499-1552) was the wife of Martin Luther, the German leader of the Protestant Reformation.

Percy Bysshe Shelley, English romantic poet, 19th century. Artist: Unknown

Florence Nightingale. Stipple engraving by C. Cook.

Portrait dated 1828 of Queen Victoria of Great Britain aged 9

Mary Wollstonecraft, 1759 - 1797. English author and philosopher. Wollstonecraft was an advocate of women's rights. She was the mother of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, author of Frankenstein

Harriet Martineau (1802-76)

Portrait photograph of an unidentified woman | Library of Congress

'Elizabeth, Lady Audley', c1538 (1945). Artist: Hans Holbein the Younger.

Flora Countess Fries 1814-1882, born Pereira-Arnstein, wife of Moritz Fries Jun, historically, digitally restored reproduction of a template from the 19th century, Record Date Not Stated

Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria (1830-1916), 1849 (1900). Artist: Unknown

Portrait of a Gentleman Attributed to William Russell Birch American. Portrait of a Gentleman 15008

Portrait of Johanna Carolina Arnoudina van Doelen-Loten, born 1753, wife of Johannes van Doelen, died 1823. in half lijve, left.

ELIOT, George (1819-1880). English novelist.

Charlotte Bronte (1816-55) English novelist., 1850, George Richmond (1809-1896/British) National Portrait Gallery, London

Boston, Portrait, Martha Washington, by Gilbert Stuart at Museum of Fine Arts , Portrait paintings, Washington, Martha, 1731-1802. Frank Cousins Glass Plate Negatives Collection

CHARLOTTE BRONTE writer

Charlotte Bront (Thornton, Yorkshire, England, 1816-Haworth, Yorkshire, 1855). English novelist noted for Jane Eyre, 1847. Engraving. Later colouration.

The Misses Catherine and Mary Glynne. Catherine Glynne Gladstone, nee Catherine Glynne,1812 to 1900. Wife of British Prime Minister William Gladstone. Mary Glynne later Lady Lyttleton 1813 to 1857. From the book Gladstone The Man and the Statesman by David Williamson.

Adelheid, Princess of Saxony-Meiningen Stecher: Riepenhausen, Ernst Ludwig

Caroline Chisholm, 30 May 1808, 25 conorhynchos conirostris (1877), was an English philanthropist. She was canonised on 16 May in the Church of Englan...

Portrait of Giuseppina Strepponi (1815-1897) an Italian soprano and wife of Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901). Dated 19th Century

Portrait of Lisa Barbier Cristiani (1827 Paris - 1853 Novotcherkassk) French musician and traveler 19th Century. Old 19th century engraved illustration, Le Tour du Monde 1863

Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-1896), American abolitionist and novelist, 1926. Artist: Unknown

England/UK: Charlotte Bronte (1816-1855), miniature painting by J. H. Thompson, later 19th century

Portrait of Maria Theresa of Austria, 1717 - 1780, Princess of the House of Habsburg, Archduchess of Austria and Queen of Hungary, Croatia and Bohemia, Empress of the Holy Roman Empire

Portrait of Lady Georgiana Poyntz, comtessa Spencer by Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788) English portrait and landscape painter. Dated 18th Century

Caroline Chisholm, 30 May 1808, 25 conorhynchos conirostris (1877), was an English philanthropist. She was canonised on 16 May in the Church of England's Calendar of Saints, Historical, digital reproduction of a 19th century original

Elisabeth Ludovika von Bayern, 13. November 1801, 14. Dezember 1873, war eine Prinzessin von Bayern und später Königin Gemahlin von Preußen, Historisc...

Portrait of Aloisia WEBER, Austrian soprano singer c1759-1839, wife of Joseph Lange

Ernestina Manuel de Villena (1830-1889). Benefactor and introducer in Spain of The Brothers of the Christian Schools. Engraving by Arturo Carretero (1852-1903). The Spanish and American Illustration, 1886.

Martha Stewart Wilson 1814 James Peale American. Martha Stewart Wilson 11728

Margaret of Anjou (1430-1482), queen consort of King Henry VI, 1851.Artist: WJ Edwards

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