Wearing portrait miniatures in the 18th century
This page just links to portraits of people wearing portrait miniatures. Thousands of these sorts of miniature portraits still exist; these 18th century portraits illustrate how the miniatures were worn or displayed.
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James Peale Painting a Miniature by Charles Willson Peale, c. 1795
Isabella Farnese by Miguel Jacinto Meléndez, c. 1718-1722
Maria Theresa, Archduchess of Austria, Queen of Hungary and Bohemia, and Holy Roman Empress by Jean-Etienne Liotard, 1747
Maria Theresa as Queen of Hungary by Johann Peter Kobler, 1751
Julie de Thellusson-Ployard by Jean-Étienne Liotard, 1760
Queen Charlotte (1744-1818) when Princess Sophie Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz with a servant by Johann Georg Ziesenis, c. 1761
Infanta Maria Josefa of Spain by Anton Raphael Mengs, c. 1761-1769
María Luisa of Parma, Princess of Asturias by Anton Raphael Mengs, 1766
Queen Charlotte by Johan Joseph Zoffany, 1771
Portrait of a woman wearing a miniature by Thomas Hazlehurst, c. 1780
Portrait of a lady, c. 1780-1789
Mary White Morris by Charles Willson Peale, c. 1782
Maria Carolina of Austria by Camillo Landini, 1787
Queen Charlotte by Thomas Lawrence, 1789
Grand Duchess Alexandra Pavlovna of Russia by Vladimir Borovikovsky, 1790
Mary (Hawksworth) Riddell by Charles Peale Polk, c. 1791-1795
Miss Daggett of New Haven, Connecticut (possibly Amelia Martha), c. 1795
Portrait of a lady by Augustin Dubourg, c. 1795
Elizabeth DePeyster Peale by Charles Willson Peale, 1798
Portrait of the artist’s family by Pierre Henri, c. 1800
Portrait of the Smith Family, c. 1807
Portrait of a woman wearing a portrait miniature, early 19th century