Portraits of early Victorian ladies living in England. Margaret Sarah Carpenter, painter. Living from 1793 to 1872, she mostly painted in the manner of Sir Thomas Lawrence who is and was much more famous.

Ada King (1815–1852), Countess of Lovelace, Mathematician, Daughter of Lord Byron. 1836. English. Oil on canvas. Margaret Sarah Carpenter, painter (1793-1872). Collections of and image © the Government Art Collection. Artwork itself is in the public domain due to age. via https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/ada-king-18151852-countess-of-lovelace-mathematician-daughter-of-lord-byron-27889

The Sisters. 1839. English. Oil on panel. Margaret Sarah Carpenter, painter (1793-1872). Collections of and image © the Victoria and Albert Museum London. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/the-sisters-30679

Portrait of a Young Child. ca. 1830. English. Oil on canvas. Margaret Sarah Carpenter, painter (1793-1872). Collections of and image © the Victoria and Albert Museum London. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/portrait-of-a-young-child-32066/search/2025–actor:carpenter-margaret-sarah-17931872/page/1/view_as/grid

Self portrait. 1852. English. Oil on canvas. Margaret Sarah Carpenter, painter (1793-1872). Collections of and image © Tate. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/self-portrait-310383/search/2025–actor:carpenter-margaret-sarah-17931872/page/2/view_as/grid

Maria Stella Petronilla (1773-1843). ca. 1830. British. Oil on canvas. Margaret Sarah Carpenter, painter (1793-1872). Collections of and image © Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru / The National Library of Wales. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/maria-stella-petronilla-17731843-121353/search/2025–actor:carpenter-margaret-sarah-17931872/page/4

Portraits by Olof Johan Södermark. Living from 1790 to 1848, he painted queens along with other ladies less well remembered. Swedish but he spent much time studying and painting in Paris, London, Rome and Munich.

Portrait of Josephine of Leuchtenberg (1807-1876), future Queen consort of Sweden and Norway. 1833. Swedish. Olof Johan Södermark, painter (1790-1848). Stockholm Palace Collections. In the public domain in the United States because the artist died over 100 years ago. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Drottning_Josefina_som_kronprinsessa,_portr%C3%A4tt_utf%C3%B6rt_av_Olof_Johan_S%C3%B6dermark,_1833.jpg and https://www.instagram.com/p/C_RK7nnIFsh/?hl=en

Karolina Bygler. Model to the Sculptor Johan Niclas Byström. 1835. Swedish. Olof Johan Södermark, painter (1790-1848). Collections of the National Museum, Stockholm. In the public domain due to age. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Olof_Johan_S%C3%B6dermark_-_Karolina_Bygler.JPG

Young Woman in Traditional Italian Costume. ca. 1830. Swedish. Unfinished oil on canvas. Olof Johan Södermark, painter (1790-1848). Inscribed on the back “This unfinished portrait of an Italian girl is a work by Olof Södermark painted during his stay in Paris ca. 1837, certified by Gustaf Jaensson.” Image © Dominic Fine Art. Fair use license. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://www.dominicfineart.com/olof-johan-sdermark

Oil portraits of 1830s European ladies. Not sure how many hair pins it took to make their hair stay puffed out like that. A lot. Wilhelm Ferdinand Bendz, painter. Living from 1804 to 1832, he was born and raised in Denmark but died in Italy where he had gone to paint. They all went to Italy to paint if they could remotely afford it.

Portrait of Countess Sophia Vilhelmine Moltke. 1811. Danish. Oil on canvas. Wilhelm Ferdinand Bendz, painter (1804-1832). In the public domain due to age. via Facebook and https://www.liveinternet.ru/users/marylai/post459874495

Portrait Of A Woman In A Black Dress And Large Hat. Undated, by 1832. Danish. Oil on canvas. Wilhelm Ferdinand Bendz, painter (1804-1832). Image © Nice Art Gallery. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://www.niceartgallery.com/Wilhelm-Ferdinand-Bendz/Portrait-Of-A-Woman-In-A-Black-Dress-And-Large-Hat-oil-painting.html

Marie Raffenberg, the Artist’s Betrothed. 1831. Oil on canvas. Danish. Oil on canvas. Wilhelm Ferdinand Bendz, painter (1804-1832). Signed on the lower right. In the publid domain due to age. https://artvee.com/dl/marie-raffenberg-the-artists-betrothed#00

19th century ladies wearing interesting things on their heads. Eugène Devéria, French artist. Living from 1805 to 1865 he was part of the Romantic school.

"Eugene Francois Marie Joseph Deveria, Roxane in Racine's "Bajazet" tragedy." — “Eugene Francois Marie Joseph Deveria, Roxane in Racine’s “Bajazet” tragedy.” ca. 1838. Attributed to Devéria. Image © 2019 MutualArt Services, Inc. Fair use license. via https://www.mutualart.com/Artwork/Roxane-in-Jean-Baptiste-Racine-s-Bajazet/C72A860D43112B3B

"Portrait of a Young Scottish Woman" (detail). — “Portrait of a Young Scottish Woman” (detail). Undated. In the public domain in the United States because the artist has been dead over 70 years. via https://www.magnoliabox.com/products/portrait-of-a-young-scottish-woman-xir279360

"La femme au turban dite la Sultane." — “La femme au turban dite la Sultane.” Undated. Collection of the Musée Magnin, Dijon. In the public domain in the United States because the artist has been dead over 70 years. via https://femmefemmefemme.wordpress.com/category/eugene-francois-marie-joseph-deveria-1805-1865/

Ladies of fashion and their amazing head wear . . . . mostly European but a few Asian ladies in the bunch . . .

Portrait of Madame Arachequesne. 1831. — Portrait of Madame Arachequesne. 1831. French. Oil on canvas. Louis Hersent, artist. Collection of the Musée Carnavalet, Paris. Photo credit: Roger-Viollet / Parisienne de la Photographie, Paris. via https://nonsite.org/article/portraits-of-fantasy-portraits-of-fashion.

Portrait of the Empress Dowager Cixi as Guanyin. late Qing dynasty, Chinese. — Portrait of the Empress Dowager Cixi as Guanyin. late Qing dynasty, Chinese. Ink and colors on silk. Anonymous court artist. Image courtesy of Alan Kennedy, Santa Monica, California. via http://www.alaintruong.com/archives/2016/03/11/33495310.html.

Portrait of an Unknown Woman in Russian Costume. 1784. — Portrait of an Unknown Woman in Russian Costume. 1784. Russian. Ivan Argunov, artist. Collection of the Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow. via https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kokoshnik#/media/File:Ivan_Argunov_-_%D0%9F%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%82_%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B9_%D0%B2_%D1%80%D1%83%D1%81%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BC_%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8E%D0%BC%D0%B5_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg.

Nāhiʻenaʻena as a child. 1825. — Nāhiʻenaʻena as a child. 1825. Oil painting. Robert Dampier, artist. Collection of the Honolulu Museum of Art. via https://paradiseofthepacific.wordpress.com/tag/missionaries/.

Portrait of Señora Manuela Suárez Lastra de Garmendia. ca. 1830. — Portrait of Señora Manuela Suárez Lastra de Garmendia. ca. 1830. Charles Henri Pellegrini, artist. Collection of the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes,Buenos Aires. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Se%C3%B1ora_Manuela_Su%C3%A1rez_Lastra_de_Garmendia_-_Charles_Henri_Pellegrini.jpg.

All artwork in the public domain because the artists have been dead over 70 years.

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