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Vintage Portraits Of Women

Collection of 19th-century portraits featuring women in elegant dresses, showcasing historical fashion and studio photography techniques.

Empress Augusta, wife of kaiser Wilhelm I
Empress Augusta, wife of kaiser Wilhelm I
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Mrs. James GarfieldMrs. Joseph (Maria Debevoise) Sprague American. , ca. 1850. Oil on canvas, 35 13/16 x 28 13/16 in. (90.9 x 73.2 cm). American Art ca. 1850Eliza Cowperthwaite. Thomas Eakins (American, 1844 - 1916)Laura Bridgman. George Kendall Warren (American, 1834 - 1884)Marie-Amelie de Bourbon, Queen of France, c1845-1866. Artist: UnknownCHARLOTTE MARY YONGE writer, author of 'The heir of Redclyffe', 'The little duke', 'The daisy chain', 'The dove in the eagle's nest' and many more. Date: 1823 - 1901Louise MeyersPortrait of the Empress Maria Alexandrovna (1824-1880), by Ivan Tyurin 1824-1905. Oil on canvas 1880. Marie of Hesse and by Rhine (8 August 1824 3 June 1880) was, under the name Maria Alexandrovna (Russian: ????? ?????????????), Empress of Russia as the first wife of Emperor Alexander II, having been born a German princessAnna Elizabeth Dickinson was a popular orator and lecture in the 1860s. She was a progressive who spoke on the abolition of slavery, Republican Party, women's and freedmen's, and, temperance. She was named the 'Civil War's Joan of Arc' for her promotion of the Union. As the first woman to speak in Congress in 1864, she was honored with the attendance of President Lincoln. In the 1870's she turned, with mixed success, to writing books, historical drama, and acting (BSLOC_2019_2_69)Mrs Smart, 07 August 1908, Wellington, by The J. H. Brown Studio.Clara Barton, (1821-1912), founder of the American branch of the Red Cross (1881) and its first president (1881-1904). PhotographPortrait of Mary Sandeman. Unknown makerVictoria was queen of England from 1837-1901, the longest reign in English history.Cosima Liszt, daughter of Franz LISZT, 1811-86 Hungarian composer, youthful photographLaura A. Moore Westbrook, African American Educator, Half-Length Seated Portrait, Tintype Photograph, 1870'sSuspense. Julia Margaret Cameron, photographer (British, born India, 1815 - 1879) 1864 Inscription: Titled, dated and inscribed recto mount in ink "Kate Dore/FreshWater".SARAH BUSH LINCOLN Stepmother of Abraham Lincoln at the age of 76 Elizabeth Barrett BrowningKorea: Empress Myeongseong (1851 - 1895), known informally as Queen Min, was the first official wife of Gojong of Korea, the twenty-sixth king of Joseon and the first emperor of the Korean Empire. Photographer unknown, late 19th centuryHelena Petrovna Blavatsky (born Hahn) 1831-1891. Russian-born American theosophist, photographed at Ithaca, NY 1875, the year she co-founded the Theosophical Society with Henry Olcott.Portrait of Zr. Catharina Maria Haspels, who from 1908 was diacones in the Diakonessenhuis in Utrecht. She was a director of the hospital between 1908 and 1941.Sojourner Truth, was an African American evangelist, abolitionist, womens rights activist, and author. This photo was made after she moved to Battle Creek, Michigan where her daughters lived. By the time she was 16 years old, she had been sold four times. She gained her freedom in 1827, when New York State law required the emancipation of all slave's in the state (BSLOC_2019_5_158)Caterina Albert Paradís (1869-1966), escritora catalana conocida por su seudónimo Victor Català. Dibujo impreso sobre tela.