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Vintage Portraits of Notable Women

Historic black and white portraits featuring elegant women from the past, dressed in formal attire, conveying a sense of sophistication and heritage.

Duchess of Montrose
Duchess of Montrose
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Mary Adelaide Virginia Thomasina Eupatoria "Patsy" Cornwallis-West (n饠FitzPatrick; 1856 - 21 July 1920) Edwardian socialite and mistress of the future King Edward VII. Mother of Daisy, Princess of Pless, Constance, Duchess of Westminster and George Cornwallis-West. Became mistress of the Prince of Wales at the age of 16. Date: 1904Maria Reuterskiöld, born Thomée Maria Reuterskiöld, född ThoméePortrait of a woman, circa 1920s, Wellington, by Berry & Co.Gertrude Sheldon. Cosima WagnerPrincess RospigliosiMary Edwards, (Painter). July 1, 1937.Dowager Queen of HollandMrs Puce, circa 1920, Wellington, by Berry & Co.Dorothy Parker (1893-1967), American Poet, Writer and Satirist, head and shoulders portrait, Arnold Genthe, 1912Rev. Florence K. Crooker, portrait bustKate Rorke, British actress, 1883. Artist: St James's Photographic CoMrs. Newton AdamsMrs. H.C. BaehrMrs. J. Marshall Dodge, accused of murderPrincess Zenia of Montenegro, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing leftEvans B 6 studio portraits, portraits, black-and-white negatives, gelatin dry plate negativesEllen Gates StarrHELEN DUNCAN Portrait of the spirit medium in May 1931. Date: 1898 - 1956Mary Victoria Leiter, daughter of the founder of Chicago department store, Marshall Field and wife of George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston. One of the so-called dollar princesses, wealthy American heiresses who married into the British nobility. Date: 1904Harriet Prescott Spofford07/02/1907. Spain.Zaragoza. Kidnappings. Rosa Membrado, Stepmother of the five Kidnapped Children. Photo: fat and Freudenhtal.Portrait of Léontine Toudouze, (around 1837-1893), actress Portrait of Léontine Toudouze (around 1837-1893), actress. Business card (front). Photography of Ulric Grob. Draw on albuminum paper, 1860-1890.Woman; inscribed 'Mrs Gibbons' gelatin silver negatives, black-and-white negatives, studio portraitsEngland/UK: Gertrude Bell (1868-1926) as a young woman, c. 1888Portrait of E. Hage.Zelie P. EmersonJudge Florence E. Allen, was the first woman to serve on a state supreme court. She was admitted to the Ohio bar in 1914 and elected to the Ohio Supreme Court in 1922. In March 1934 President Roosevelt nominated Allen for the Federal Court of Appeals, where she served until her retirement in 1959 (BSLOC_2016_10_76)Fanny Krauße.Portrait of Emma, Queen Regents of the Netherlands, 1915 - 1926 photograph Portrait of Emma. A book in her hands. At the bottom right "Original Deutmann The Hague. The Hague photographic supportLuisa Tetrazzini (1871-1940) Italian coloratura soprano, born in Florence.Hermine Spies-Hardtmuth, 25 February 1857, 26 February 1893, a German oratorio and concert singer, Historical, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th centuryMrs. Champ Clark seated, Harris & Ewing, Washington, D.C.Marie Curie, Polish-born French physicist, 1917. Artist: UnknownH.I.H The Grand Duchess George of Russia, 1908.Artist: WD & HO WillsGertrude Bell (1868-1926) aged 26 in 1894. Date: 1894Johnson 12, circa 1920, Wellington, by Berry & Co.HELEN DUNCAN Portrait of the spirit medium circa 1940. Date: 1898 - 1956Portrait of an Unidentified Woman, circa 1928, by William Oakley. F B Butler/Crown Studios Collection. Gift of Frederick B Butler, 1971.Frances Cleveland (1864-1947), First Lady of the United States 1886-89 and 1893-97, as Wife of U.S. President Grover Cleveland, photograph by Charles Milton Bell, late 1880'sSilver gelatin cabinet photograph by Wilhelm Dreesen depicting Clara Schumann, the German pianist and composer, around 1899, showing her portrait and formal attire.Mrs. F.P. AllynStella Good , People. Hingham Public Library Glass Slide CollectionMrs. Schoultz Fru SchoultzMrs. G Morssing.Mrs. Despard (suffragette)Clara Barton, (born 1830), 1920s. Artist: Unknown.Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797) Anglo-Irish writer and feminist. Wife of William Godwin. Mother of Mary Shelley. Lithograph after portrait by John Opie.Mrs. William SulzerTekla Svedlund. Born 1871, died 1948. Sister to Major Gustaf Svedlund. (Swedlund) Tekla Svedlund. Född 1871, död 1948. Syster till Major Gustaf Svedlund. (Swedlund)Mrs Parton coupon, circa 1920, Wellington, by Berry & Co.Wilhelmina Wilhelmina Helena Pauline Maria: 1880-1962 Queen of the Queen of the Netherlands from 1890-1948. Portrait photo of the young Queen Wilhelmina. Dutch royal family.Portrait of Margaretha Breitner, sister of the photographer, George Hendrik Breitner, c. 1890 - c. 1910 photograph Amsterdamprinter: Netherlands paper gelatin silver printRosalía de Castro (1837-1885), Galician romaticist writer and poet. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.DunsanyMillicent Fawcett (1847-1929). Author, suffragist and early feminist.Emily Post (1872-1960), Etiquette Author and Socialite, Head and Shoulders Portrait, New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection, 1937Kate Claxton , Actresses, Claxton, Kate, 1848-1924, Carte de Visite CollectionISABEL (Neuweid 1843-Bucarest 1916). Reina de Rumanía. De origen alemán. En 1869 contrajo matrimonio con el príncipe Carlos Hohenzollern, posteriormente rey de Rumanía con el nombre de Carol I.Portrait of Georgina Wilhelmina Harriet Elouise Balfour van Burleigh - Cantzlaar, b. Brummen 3-6-1850, dec. Utrecht March 31, 1925.Therese Malten was the stage name of Therese Mueller, 21 June 1855, 2 January 1930, a well-known German dramatic soprano singer, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century originalMaria Christina of Austria (1858-1929). Queen of Spain. Second wife of King Alfonso XII. Regent during the minority of their son, Alfons XIII. Engraving by Arturo Carretero. Almanaque de La Ilustracion, 1880.Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797) Anglo-Irish writer and feminist. Wife of William Godwin. Mother of Mary Shelley. Lithograph after portrait by John OpieMrs. Booker Washington''The Marriage of HRH Princess Louise of Schleswig-Holstein and HH Prince Aribert of Anhalt at St. Georges Chapel, Windsor, on July 6, 1891; The Lady Mabel Egerton', 1891. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 44. July to December, 1891.MARY BAKER EDDY Founder of Christian Science in later life Date: 1821 - 1910Marie Curie (1867-1934), Polish and naturalized-French physicist and chemist. Nobel prize. Location: ACADEMIA DE CIENCIAS. France.This late 19th-century illustration shows Helen Campbell The caption reads: Yours sincerely, Helen Campbell. It was engraved from a photograph expressly for this work: A.D. Worthington & Co. Publishers. Hartford. Conn. Helen Stuart Campbell (died 1918) was a social reformer, as well as a social reformer, and pioneer in the home economics field. In 1882, she published her book that became quite well know - Problem of the Poor - which was based on her work with the poor in New York City slums, including McAuley's Water Street Mission.Woman; inscribed 'Miss O. Jones' gelatin silver negatives, black-and-white negatives, studio portraitsPrincess Helena of Waldeck and Pyrmont (1861-1922), Duchess of Albany and wife of Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany. Date: 1904Mrs J.J. Dejerine. Photograph.CHRISTABEL PANKHURST Suffragette & daughter of Emmeline Pankhurst. she was the leading light of the Women's Social & Political Union. She is seen here in 1906 after her graduation. Date: 1880 - 1958Eleonora duse interprets Silvia, in the Mona Lisa of Gabriele D'AnnunzioMrs. Jhr. RamMarie Curie 1867-1934. Her experiments led to the discovery of radiumElizabeth Cady Stanton ca. between 1918 and 1921.Portrait of a Young Bess Wallace, circa 07/1898Margarete OberCopy of a portrait of a woman, inscribed Garbitt, circa 1915, Wellington, by Berry & Co., Charles Hemus.Jane Addams. American social reformer and feminist born in Cedarville, Illinois, co-winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1931.Alma WhiteDr. A.M. ComfortWoman; inscribed 'Mrs M. H. Oram' Nitrate negatives, gelatin silver negatives, black-and-white negatives, studio portraitsSarah Grand, Frances Bellenden Clarke 1854-1943. English feminist, new woman and autobiographer.From the book ""The Masterpiece Library of Short Stories, English, Volume 9""Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888) American writer. Wood engraving 1875'Susan Jeune, Baroness St Helier (1849-1931) pictured c1890, English society hostess, London County Council alderman 1910-1927, wife of Francis Henry Jeune, 1st Baron St Helier.'FRANCES CLEVELAND, wife of President Grover Cleveland : a political foe said 'I detest him so much, I don't even think his wife is beautiful !' - he was alone in his view. Date: 1884 - 1947Nobel Laureate Marie Curie, Pioneer in RadioactivityMrs. Claude Couchman, O.B.E., B.A., J.P., President, Australian Women's National League. August 9, 1946.Mrs McCarthy, 17 June 1935, Wellington, by Spencer Digby Studios. Spencer Digby / Ronald D Woolf Collection. Gift of Ronald Woolf, 1975.Portrait, Mrs. Nathaniel Appleton, by Copley, at Harvard , Portrait paintings, Appleton, Nathaniel, 1693-1784. Frank Cousins Glass Plate Negatives CollectionMrs Wood 12, circa 1920, Wellington, by Berry & Co.Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815-1902), important leader of the 19th century women's rights movement in the United States. Portrait ca. 1890.RICARDA HUCH German-Jewish writer and historian, author of books on social subjects. Survived the war living in Jena. Date: 1864 - 1947Helen Keller, Seated is shown with her teacher Anne Sullivan. November 17, 1955.01/24/1908. Madame Juliette Lambor (Mad. Adam), illustrious French Writer who has just arrived in Madrid.Frances Perkins (1880-1965), American Sociologist and Workers-Rights Advocate, served as U.S. Secretary of Labor, 1933-1945, First Woman appointed to U.S. Cabinet, Head and Shoulders Portrait, 1932Mrs. J.A. Edwards, the mother of the West Australian V.C. winner, Acting Wing Commander H.I. Edwards. July 31, 1941.Woman; inscribed 'Mrs Stevens' gelatin silver negatives, black-and-white negatives, studio portraitsOLIVE EMILIE SCHREINER - South African writer, feminist and champion of human rights in Africa Date: 1862 - 1920