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.

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