Victorian portraits painting

Richard Buckner 1812-1883 Engeland

Marie Duplessis was born in 1824 as Rose Alphonsine Plessis in a poor family she was passed around as a child and only moved to Paris when s...

Children, mothers, aunts, half-sisters, cousins, in-laws.... (And what's the daughter of a half-sister? A "half-niece"...?) Prince ...

Amy Robsart

During the Victorian era, the shape and symmetry of a lady’s brows were indicative of both her beauty and her disposition.

Minnie Ashley (1883-1946) actress, sculptor and philanthropist was born as Beatrice Minerva Ashley in Charlottesville, Virginia. She married William Astor Chanler (1867-1934) in 1903. Their two sons were William Astor Chanler Jr (1904-2002) and Sidney Ashley Chanler (1907-1994). She died aboard a train enroute from New York to Portland, Maine aged 62. Photography Studio - Falk Image Enhancement - Vizmage Studio

Portrait by Philip de Laszlo of Eileen, Duchess of Sutherland, c.1920, which hangs at Dunrobin Castle. Born Lady Eileen Butler, elder daughter of the Earl of Lanesborough, she married the 5th Duke of Sutherland in 1912 #PhilipdeLaszlo #DunrobinCastle

Countess Louise de Baillet, 1902. Better remembered as a sculptor - if, frankly, remembered at all - the Belgian Lalaing also produced...