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Historical Portraits of Women

A collection of elegant portraits depicting noble women from the 17th and 18th centuries, showcasing intricate clothing, rich textures, and artistic details in print form.

Portrait of Elizabeth Hamilton as St. Catharina, James Mcardell, after Peter Lely (Sir), c. 1745 - 1765 print London paper historical persons - BB - woman. the virgin martyr Catherine of Alexandria; possible attributes: book, crown, emperor Maxentius, palm-branch, ring, sword, wheel
Portrait of Elizabeth Hamilton as St. Catharina, James Mcardell, after Peter Lely (Sir), c. 1745 - 1765 print London paper historical persons - BB - woman. the virgin martyr Catherine of Alexandria; possible attributes: book, crown, emperor Maxentius, palm-branch, ring, sword, wheel
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unknown artist, eighteenth century, Lady (with dog, leaning against pedestal with bas-relief of cornucopia), undated. Mezzotint.Print made by John Smith, 1652-1743, British, Woman with a Rake, undated. Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream, laid paper.A pastel portrait by Wallerand Vaillant of a fine lady, using black and white chalk with deck white highlights, created in 1658.Portrait of Anna Stuart, Queen of England, Pieter Schenk (I), 1680 - 1713 print Anna Stuart, queen of England, depicted as princess of Denmark. Wife of George, Prince of Denmark. In her hand, she has a flower. In the background a fountain and some buildings. Amsterdam paper engraving garden fountain. flowersBarbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland, Countess of Castlemaine, formerly Barbara Villiers, notorious mistress to King Charles II, 1640-1709. Depicted as the warrior goddess Pallas Athena or Bellona, in military helmet with spear and shield. Steel engraving by Thomas Wright after a portrait by Sir Peter Lely from Mrs Anna Jamesons Memoirs of the Beauties of the Court of King Charles the Second, Henry Coburn, London, 1838.Portrait of an actress known as Mrs. Favart in the role of Spilletta, Richard Purcell, After Carle van Loo, 1746 - 1766 print paper. paint (coating) brush historical persons. actress (on the stage)Portrait of Carolina, princess of Oranje-Nassau, Pieter Tanjé, after Pieter Frederik de la Croix, 1755 print Portrait of Carolina, princess of Oranje-Nassau, dressed in an ermine cloak. In the background a gateway to a garden. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving princessLeszczynska, Maria .Saskia with Pearls in Her Hair, Rembrandt van Rijn, 1634 print Portrait of Saskia, Halve Lijve paper etchingPortrait of Adrienne Le Couvreur. Pierre-Imbert Drevet (French, 1697-1739); after Charles-Antoine Coypel (French, 1694-1752). Date: 1730. Dimensions: 411 × 292 mm (plate); 435 × 321 mm (sheet). Engraving on ivory laid paper. Origin: France. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.Watson, James, Reynolds, Joshua, Judkins, Elizabeth, Portrait of Mrs. Abington, print, prints, height mm, width mm, English, print maker, printmaker, paper, papier, mezzotint, 1723-06-26 - 1792-02-23, after, after painting by, Publication (Event), Publication, 1740 - 1790-05-20, publisherFrancoise d'Aubigne, Marquise de Maintenon, or Madame de Maintenon, 1635-1719, the last mistress and second wife of Louis XIV of France, historical illustrationPortrait of Wilhelmina van Prussen. .Miss Kitty Fisher as 'Cleopatra Dissolving the Pearl', Print made by Edward Fisher, 1722-1785, British, after Sir Joshua Reynolds RA, 1723-1792, British, Published by John Bowles, 1701-1779, British, and Thomas Bowles, ca. 1712-died 1753, British, between 1752 and 1763, Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper, Sheet: 13 7/16 x 9 3/8 inches (34.2 x 23.8 cm), Plate: 13 1/16 x 9 inches (33.1 x 22.8 cm), and Image: 11 x 9 inches (27.9 x 22.8 cm), banquet of Mark Antony and Cleopatra: she dissolves a pearl in a cup of wine, which she then drinks, braids, chalice, crown, dress, gaze, jewelry, literary theme, mantle, pearls, portrait, religious and mythological subject, sash, throne, wineViolante according to the image of Jacopo Palma. Bong, Richard (1853 1935), Palma, Jacopo, Il. Vecchio (1480 1528)Anne, Countess of Cork and Orrery (d. 1785), James Watson, 1740-1790, British, after Hugh Douglas Hamilton, 1739-1808, British, 1772, Mezzotint, Sheet: 13 1/4 x 11in. (33.7 x 27.9cm)Print made by John Young, 1755-1825, British, The Flower Girl, 1785. Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper.Vouet, Virginia .James Watson, 1740-1790, British, Mrs Bull. Mezzotint (proof before letters).Wilhelmine Karoline, Princess of Brandenburg-Ansbach Eraser: Weigel, Johann Christophdation: 1696/1726Photo collection Government information service. Belle Van Zuylen. 1740Bassi, Laura Maria Caterina Publisher: Haid, Johann JaKoberticipation: AugsburgPortrait of Wilhelmina van Pruisen, Anonymous, 1790 - 1849 print Portrait of Wilhelmina in an oval. On a pedestal her name and title. print maker: Low Countriespublisher: Germany (possibly) paper engraving / etchingCUTSUCCHI, Veronica de.This 1903 image shows the Duchess of Devonshire, from a painting by Gainsborough. Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (died 1806) was an English socialite, political organizer, style icon, author, and activist. Thomas Gainsborough (died 1788) was an English portrait painter and landscape artist. He was a founding member of England's Royal Academy of the Arts. Among his best known works are The Blue Boy, Portrait of Mrs. Graham, The Painter's Daughters, and Cottage Girl with Dog and Pitcher. Huntington Library in California.Catherine I of Russia( 1684-1727). Second wife of Peter I of Russia, reigned as Empress of Russia from 1725 until her death. Engraving.John Samuel Agar, ca. 1773-1858, British, Lady Dalrymple Hamilton, 1812. Stipple engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream, wove paper, with cream chine collé.Mademoiselle Sa Soeur. Medium: engraving. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Juste Chevillet after Jean-Gaspard Heilmann.Lady for a keyboard, Johannes de Mare, after Charles Robert Leslie, 1816 - 1888 print A lady for a keyboard on which she holds the right hand, with a sheet of paper in the other hand. paper steel engraving spinet, virginal. adolescent, young woman, maidenEtching by Thomas Frye depicting Maria Gunning, Duchess of Argyll, showing portrait features, costume, and expression, created in 1761.Spring; Le prin temps / spring; The four Seasons. Spring personification carries a basket with flowers. The print is part of a series with prints over the four seasons.Print made by John Jones, ca. 1745-1797, British, Miss Frances Kemble, 1784. Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream, laid paper.Richard Houston, ca. 1721-1775, British, Summer. Mezzotint.Bust of a woman. .Maria, Jan Edelinck, After Rafaël, 1666 - 1680 print Boste portrait of a woman with folded hands, depicted in an oval frame. A weapon under the frame. print maker: Parisafter design by: Italypublisher: Paris paper engravingWake, Anne .Mécou, André Joseph, inventor: Henri Benner, work, Empress Maria, (1000 - 2000), dot engraving, graphics, plate width 30.4 cm, plate height 22.4 cm, leaf width 35 cm, leaf height 25.4 cm, image width 18.2 cm, image height 14.8 cmHolmberg, Werner, work, Sitting woman, 1848-1860, drawing, FIGURE; woman; ancient costume; veil; full body, 21.5 cm x 16 cmPortrait of Louise, princess of Oranje -Nassau, Benjamin Samuel Bolomey, 1785 - 1819 print Portrait of Louise in an oval. In the lower margin her name and title. The Hague paper etchingPortrait of Elizabeth Cromwell, John Smith (print maker/ publisher), after Gottfried Kneller, 1682 - 1742 print paper historical persons. specific aspects, allegorical aspects of Diana; Diana as patronessWelser, Philippine .Portrait of Countess Van Courlande, Jacob Houbraken, 1775 print Bust of Countess Van Courlande in an oval. The portrait rests on a plinth on which her name and title in two lines in French. Amsterdam paper engravingCatalans, Angelica.Portrait of Emperor Adolf VII of Nassau, in oval, to the right, Aert Schouman, after anonymous, 1785, Portrait of Emperor Adolf VII of Nassau (ca. 1255-1298), in oval, to the right., draughtsman: Aert Schouman, after: anonymous, 1785, paper, pen, brush, h 175 mm × w 115 mm'Sarah Churchill', late 17th-early 18th century, (1947). Creator: Unknown.Countess Golter, Bernhard Vogel -, Mezzotint Artist, after, Johann Kupetzky -, artistMay, Print made by unknown artist, eighteenth century, Published by Robert Sayer, 1725-1794, British, 1767, Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper, Sheet: 17 × 10 7/8 inches (43.2 × 27.6 cm), Plate: 14 × 9 7/8 inches (35.6 × 25.1 cm), and Image: 12 3/8 × 9 7/8 inches (31.4 × 25.1 cm)Lenkeld, Charlotte of.Portrait of Goevart Flinck; Pound, Daniel John (Fl. Ca 1842-1870), Rijn, Rembrandt Van (1606-1669); 19th century (1800-00-00-1900-00-00);Portrait of a woman, 1710 - 1772 Page 41 Recto from a sketchbook with 105 sheets. paper. chalk. ink pen anonymous historical person portrayedPortrait of Louise in an octagonal frame In the lower margin a line of German text, Portrait of Louise of Prussia, print maker: Wilhelm Devrient, (mentioned on object), Franz Krüger, (mentioned on object), Berlin, 1825 - 1899, paper, engraving, etching, h 268 mm - w 209 mmPortrait of Agatha Corvina van der Dussen, Pieter Gerardus Bernhard, 1835 print Under the portrait the name, birth, wedding and death date and the family arms of the portrayed person. print maker: The Hagueprinter: Rotterdam paper. historical persons. armorial bearing, heraldryRossi, Propza de.Feeling, Print made by Richard Houston, ca. 1721-1775, British, after Francis Hayman, 1707/8-1776, British, 1753, Mezzotint on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper, Sheet: 14 13/16 × 10 1/2 inches (37.6 × 26.7 cm), Plate: 13 7/8 × 9 7/8 inches (35.2 × 25.1 cm), and Image: 13 1/4 × 9 7/8 inches (33.7 × 25.1 cm)Portrait of Hanover Anna. Portrait of Anna. In the undermaster her name and titles.Bust of a Woman 18th century Anonymous, French, 18th century French. Bust of a Woman 343555Anna of Saxony, 1544 - 1577. Second wife of William I of Orange. After a work by Anthonis Mor.Griffith, Elizabeth .Marie-Anne-Charlotte Corday / born in St. Saturnin The Vignaux, aged 25 years less 3 months, / Decapper on July 17, 1793, for murdering Marat on the 13th of the same monthRichard Purcell, active 1746-1766, Irish, Mrs. Chambers. Mezzotint.Portrait of Marie Antoinette Queen of France, Lambertus Antonius Claessens, After Bernardino Curti, c. 1792 - c. 1808 print Amsterdam paper etching / engravingDomestic Employment: Needlework, Print made by Richard Houston, ca. 1721-1775, British, after Philippe Mercier, 1689 or 1691-1760, Franco-German, active in Britain (from 1716), Published by Henry Parker, 1725-1809, British, 1755 to 1760, Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper, Sheet: 14 × 10 inches (35.6 × 25.4 cm) and Image: 12 1/4 × 9 3/4 inches (31.1 × 24.8 cm), genre subjectJohn Raphael Smith, 1752-1812, British, Hon / ble. Mrs. Damer. Mezzotint.Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia, Print made by Ludwig von Siegen, 1609-c.1680, German, after Gerrit van Honthorst, 1590-1656, Dutch, active in Britain in 1628, 1643, Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream, laid paper, Sheet: 20 3/8 × 16 3/8 inches (51.8 × 41.6 cm)Charlotte Sophie Juliane von calf, née Baroness Marschalk von Ostheim, (born 25 July 1761, died 12 May 1843) was a German writer, Historical, digital reproduction of an original 19th-century document.Portret van Polly Kennedy, Thomas Watson, after Joshua Reynolds, 1771 print London paper historical persons - BB - woman. handkerchief. pearl; pearl necklaceLuise Adelgunde Victorie Gottsched, née Kulmus, 11 April 1713, 26 June 1762, was a German writer in the early Age of Enlightenment, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century, original date unknownA Man of the Sandwich Islands, John Webber, 1752-1793, British, ca. 1784, Monotype on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper, Sheet: 9 × 7 3/8 inches (22.9 × 18.7 cm), helmet, man, portraitMorning, Print made by Richard Houston, ca. 1721-1775, British, after Philippe Mercier, 1689 or 1691-1760, Franco-German, active in Britain (from 1716), Published by Robert Sayer, 1725-1794, British, 1758, Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper, Sheet: 14 × 10 inches (35.6 × 25.4 cm) and Image: 12 1/2 × 9 7/8 inches (31.8 × 25.1 cm), bed, cups, figure study, food, genre subject, interior, meal, morning, tea, womanCopper engraving portrait of Louise Adélaïde d'Orléans by Pierre Imbert Drevet, produced between 1715 and 1739.Lalauze, Adolphe (n.1838 - D.1905), the Marquise de Pompadour according to Quentin Latour (main title). Eat, Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.Portrait of the mezzo-soprano Isabella Colbran (1785-1845), Anonymous Portrait of Lady Mary Boynton by Sir Joshua Reynolds, Black and White Illustration from the originl paintingCotes, Francis, Watson, James, Portrait of Carolina Matilda, Queen of Denmark, print, prints, height mm, width mm, English, 1740 - 1790-05-20, print maker, printmaker, 1750 - 1790, paper, papier, mezzotint, 1726-05-20 - 1770-07-19Tomás Francisco Prieto / 'Portrait of a Woman (Ignacia Bustamante)'. XVIII century. Red chalk on yellow laid paper. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.Saskia with a pearl necklace in the hair.Bassi, Laura Maria Caterina Publisher: Gleditsch, Johann Gottliebeiter: Bernigeroth, Johann Martinverlagsort: LeipzigJean-Baptiste Lebel, French painter of the 18th century, c.1700-1749. Holding palette and paintbrushes in front of a blank canvas. Giovambatista Le Bel, Pittore. Copperplate engraving by Pietro Antonio Pazzi after Giovanni Domenico Campiglia after a self portrait by the artist from Francesco Moucke's Museo Florentino (Museum Florentinum), Serie di Ritratti de Pittori (Series of Portraits of Painters) stamperia Mouckiana, Florence, 1752-62.Madame de Parabere, died 1759, French courtesan, mistress of Philippe Duc d'Orleans, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not statedPortrait of Caroline Amalia Elisabeth van Brunswijk-Wolfenbüttel, Willem van Senus, after John Raphael Smith, 1798 print Portrait of the English princess Caroline Amalia Elisabeth van Brunswijk-Wolfenbüttel, wife of George, Prince of Wales, the later King George IV of the United Kingdom and Hanover. publisher: Londonpublisher: Amsterdam paper etchingSaskia with Pearls in Her Hair, Rembrandt van Rijn, 1634 print paper etchingCopper engraving by Cornelis Visscher depicting a portrait of Albertine Agnes of Orange-Nassau, produced in 1649.Print made by John Faber the Younger, ca. 1695-1756, Netherlandish, active in Britain, Lady with Glass, 1739. Mezzotint on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper.Fourment, Hélène Stecher: Elliot, William (1727) Publisher: Bradford, Thomasdatierung: 1742 / 1766Sort: LondonPortrait of Rahel Elisabeth Oertel, Martin Bernigeroth, 1731 - 1733 print Leipzig paper engraving / etching historical persons - BB - woman. prospect of village, silhouette of villageMarie AntionetteCopper engraving and etching by Jewgraf Petrowitsch Tschemesow depicting Zarin Elisabeth I of Russia, created in 1761.Miss Carter, Print made by John Raphael Smith, 1752-1812, British, after John Raphael Smith, 1752-1812, British, 1777, Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper, Sheet: 16 7/8 × 11 3/4 inches (42.9 × 29.8 cm), Plate: 10 1/2 × 8 inches (26.7 × 20.3 cm), and Image: 9 1/16 × 7 15/16 inches (23 × 20.2 cm)Anaïs Toudouze (1822-1899). "Woman of Trois-Quart, in Casaque". Lead mine, crystal paper. Galliera, fashion museum of the city of Paris. 37849-9 Casaque, feminine, woman, lead mine, female model, crystal paper, second empire, three-quarterIzabela Née Czartoryski Lubomirska (1736 Warsaw 1816 Vienna) of the Pogoń Lithuanian Coat of ARMS Wife of Stanisław Lubomirski, Called Marshal Princess Geiger, Andreas (1765 1856)Print made by John Faber the Younger, ca. 1695-1756, Netherlandish, active in Britain, The Housewife's Employment, undated. Mezzotint on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper.Portrait of Anne Stanhope, James Watson (picture maker), After Joshua Reynolds, 1767 print paper historical persons - BB - woman. bookLADY SUFFOLK, UK, engraving 1881 - 1884Richard Tompson, died 1693, British, The Right Honorable Lady Ashley. Mezzotint.Maria II., Queen of England as Queen: Almost Half Figure, En Face from Right, Body Frontal; Pearl iron crown in ondulated hair, two long hairlocks around the shoulders, pearl ears and necklace; In decollet. Dress with large coated piece of jewelery and pearl necklace around the peak tissue designed neckline; In two laurel branches formed oval, in front of a written tape with a three-line dt. Legend; Rectangular shrock. Copper engraving, without designation.Portrait of Louise Marie van Orléans, Erin Corr, After Ary Scheffer, 1832 print paper. pencil steel engraving standing figure - AA - female human figure. historical personsRETRATO DE MARIA ISABEL FRANCISCA DE BRAGANZA ESPOSA DE FERNANDO VII - GRABADO S XIX. Author: VICENTE LOPEZ PORTAÑA. Location: MUSEO DEL ROMANTICISMO-GRABADOS. MADRID. SPAIN. ESPOSA DE FERNANDO VII-REINA DE ESPAÑA. MARIA ISABEL DE BRAGANZA Y BORBON (1797-1818).Portrait of Maria Magdalena Keverich (1746-1787) mother of the composer Ludwig van Beethoven. Dated 18th centuryPortrait of Hendrik Casimir II, Count of Nassau-Dietz. Portrait of Hendrik Casimir II. In his right hand a command. Name and titles in the undermarge.