18th century portraits

Emma Hamilton The way from social obscurity to social stardom has traditionally been even narrower than the strait gate and narrow way to salvation. However, iconic looks, talent, intelligence, and a heaping helping of golden luck have been known to buy one’s way out and

Portrait of Miss Hill by Sir Nathaniel Dance-Holland, ca. 18th c. @dames_a_la_mode #GeorgianJanuary #white theme ❤❤❤

Imperial Court Costume - Blog & Alexander Palace Time Machine

A monarch's mistress wasn’t just a sexual companion. Often, she influenced politics in his court—and it was no secret.

James Grieve.Berwick Museum & Art Gallery. This is presumably unsigned, but Museum attributes it to Robert Harvie -- which is, frankly, daft! It is stylistically quite unlike Harvie's other works -- check out the sample readily available on the art.uk site

ca. 1770 Young lady in a light-blue silk dress playing a violin by ? (location ?). From pinterest.com/gabrielleleaud/18th-century/women/; enlarged by half.

Joshua Reynolds Portrait of Miss Greenway

The life of Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna, mother of the Nicholas II, begins as the story of a real-life Cinderella and ends in tragedy and exile.

Okay. It's time to get down and dirty. If the tarts were having a party, this one would be the belle of the ball. So what better way to "celebrate" my most paranoid of days than to introduce a key player in the life of Georgiana, Lady Elizabeth 'Bess' Foster. In 1782 on a healing trip to bath, Georgiana and the Duke met Bess, who would become a key player in the theatrics of their lives forever more. Instantly she analyzed them for what they were: lonely. Immediately she put a plan into…

An unknown young man, Ramsay, Allan, 18th century, Oil on canvas. Bequeathed by Claude D. Rotch. l Victoria and Albert Museum