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John Raphael Smith (1751-1812)
Felicia, 1796.
Portrait, almost life-size, wearing a tall fancy hat tied with a bow under her chin, carrying a thick muff.
Mezzotint.
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Collection © @britishmuseum
Florentine painter.
Woman with a lap dog, 1575-1600.
"By yourself you see her appearance; from her appearance you may infer her character.": derived from a Renaissance belief that an individual's soul is reflected in ones physical appearance.
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Sebastiano Ceccarini (Italian, 1703-1783)
Portrait of a noble woman, c.1750s.
Collection © @walters_museum
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George Cochran Lambdin (Pittsburg, Pennsylvania 1830–1896)
Roses, 1878.
Collection © @metmuseum
John Singer Sargent (1856–1925)
Marguerite 'Daisy' Hyde Leiter (c.1879–1968), later 19th Countess of Suffolk, 1898.
Daisy,an American heiress, once described as ‘Daisy with the violet orbs…the loveliest eyes in Washington’. @EHKenwood
@artukdotorg © Historic England Archive
John Singleton Copley, American, (1738-1815)
Mrs. Sylvester (Abigail Pickman) Gardiner, c. 1722.
Collection & © @brooklynmuseum
Attributed to Thomas Hudson, British, (1701-1779)
Mrs. John Wendt, ca. 1745.
Collection & © @brooklynmuseum
French.
Alexis Falize (1811–1898)
Enameler prob. Antoine Tard (French, born 1800)
Reversible brooch, c.1869.
Gold, cloisonné enamel.
Collection & © @metmuseum
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Italy.
Fan depicting 'Claudia proving her Innocence' c. 1740.
Leather (kid) leaf; carved and pierced ivory and mother-of-pearl guards (identical); carved ivory sticks. Collection & © @RCT
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