Top left: ca. 1800 María Luisa de Borbón y Vallabriga by Francisco de Goya y Lucientes (Galleria degli Uffizi - Firenze, Toscana, Italy). From Wikimedia; increased exposure 2030X3490 @72 833kj.
Top right: 1800 Condesa de Chinchon by Francisco de Goya y Lucientes (Museo Nacional del Prado - Madrid, Spain). Probably from Wikimedia 2015X3051 @310 1.6Mj.
Second row: 1801 Fru Elisabeth Sophie Chrystie, f. Krefting by Jens Juel (Nasjonalmuseet - Oslo, Norway). From their Web site; fixed spots & edges w Pshop 4928X6214 @150 6.7Mj.
Third row left: 1801 Sophie Crouzet by Louis Hersent (Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio, USA). From their Web site 2206X2752 @144 5.8Mp.
Third row right: 1801 Marie Joséphine Charlotte du Val d'Ognes by Marie Denise Villers (Metropolitan Museum of Art). From their Web site 3020X3780 @300 3.2Mj.
Fourth row: 1802 Madame Philippe Panon Desbassayns de Richemont (Jeanne Eglé Mourgue, 1778–1855) and Her Son, Eugène (1800–1859) by Marie Guillelmine Benoist (Meropolitan Museum of Art). From their Web site 2934X3795 @300 5Mj.
Fifth row left: 1803 Friederike von Helldorf by Anton Graff (location ?). From twitter.com/Make_u2_happy/status/1327328578569179136/photo/1; fixed 3 spots and suppressed veiling reflection lower left w Pshop 1636X2048 @72 694kj.
Fifth row right: 1803 Lady Airey, née Catherine Talbot, femme de Sir George Airey, officier anglais by Richard Cosway (Musée du Louvre - Paris, France). From their Web site; fit to screen 804X1200 @72 342kj,
Sixth row: ca. 1804 Louisa Montagu, Viscountess Hinchingbrook by Thomas Lawrence and studio (auctioned by Christie's). From Wikimedia 1951X3200 @33.81 817kj.
Bottom: 1804 (published) Lavinia (Bingham), Countess Spencer by Charles Turner after Sir Martin Arthur Shee (National Galleries of Scotland - Edinburgh, UK). From their Web site 1920X2552 @300 2.6Mj
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