18th Century Material Culture Female Portraits 1780 - 1785

1780 - 1789

Lucy Skelton Gilliam (Mrs. Robert Gilliam 1743 - 1789) of Virginiaby John Durand c. 1780(Colonial Williamsburg)

Mrs. Samuel Chandler of Connecticutby Winthrop Chandler c. 1780

(National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.)

A Girl Seatedby Sir Nathaniel Dance-Holland c. 1780

Mrs. Francis Hurtby John Wright of Derby c. 1780

Mrs. Thomas (Hester) Pardoe of Faintree by John Downman c. 1780

(The Ashmolean)

Mrs. Thomas Phippsby George Romney c. 1780

(Yale Center for British Art)

Mrs. Samuel Cromptonby John Wright of Derby c. 1780

“A FOOLISH WOMAN”by Carington Bowles 1780

(Sanders of Oxford)

Mrs. Vereby Nathaniel Dance - Holland c. 1780

(Philip Mould)

Theophilia Palmer by Sir Joshua Reynolds c. 1780

(Philip Mould)

French Fashion Plate - Camisolle a la Polonoise1780

Caroline, 4th Duchess of Marlborough by Thomas Gainsborough c. 1780

(Philip Mould)

Miniature Portrait by George Engleheart c. 1780

Mrs. John B. Bayard by Charles Wilson Peale 1780

“A LADY IN WAITING” by Carington Bowles 1780(Lewis Walpole Library)

The White Hat by Jean-Baptiste Greuze c.1780

The Contemplative Charmer; and The Musical Charmer Robert Sayer and John Bennett, Publishers 1780

Mrs. Russell by John Smart 1781

(Philip Mould)

French Fashion Plate1781

“SWEET ECHO”by Sayer & Bennett 1781

Portrait of a Ladyby James Scouler 1781

(Yale Center for British Art)

“JANUARY”by Carington Bowles 1781

(The British Museum)

“FEBRUARY”by Carington Bowles 1781

(The British Museum)

“MARCH”by Carington Bowles 1781

(The British Museum)

“APRIL”by Carington Bowles 1781

(The British Museum)

“MAY”by Carington Bowles 1781

(The British Museum)

“JUNE”by Carington Bowles 1781

(The British Museum)

“JULY”by Carington Bowles 1781

(The British Museum)

“AUGUST”by Carington Bowles 1781

(The British Museum)

“SEPTEMBER”by Carington Bowles 1781

(The British Museum)

“OCTOBER”by Carington Bowles 1781

(The British Museum)

“NOVEMBER”by Carington Bowles 1781

(The British Museum)

“DECEMBER”by Carington Bowles 1781

(The British Museum)

The PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE or BETTY in the SECRET.by Sayer & Bennett 1782

“WINTER CHIVER”1783

“EXPECTATION”by Sayer & Bennett 1783

Emma Hart, later Lady Hamilton, in a Straw Hatby George Romney c. 1782 - 1784

(The Huntington Library)

“PATTY”by William White after Henry William Bunbury 1783

(The British Museum)

“RURAL LIFE”by Sayer & Bennett 1783

(Yale Library)

“MISS CALASH in CONTEMPLATION”by Carington Bowles

Rachel Moore Allston of Charleston, South Carolina by Henry Benbridge c. 1784

(MESDA)

Sophia Western, Fieldings Tom Jonesby John Raphael Smith after John Hoppner 1784

(The British Museum)

“Miss Nancy Samson”by Unknown

(Victoria & Albert Museum)

“The Contemplative Charmer”1786

(Yale Center for British Art)

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