We have many photographs of people born in the 1700s, but what did they look like when they were young?
This video features 18th century paintings of people who were photographed in the mid-1800s. The oldest of these paintings goes back to 1776; if anyone knows of earlier examples please let me know.
See also:
Part 2 -
https://youtu.be/e3eimkSrpzQ
Before & After - People in Early Photography -
https://youtu.be/pVvBSiQJIu8
https://youtu.be/pVvBSiQJIu8
Notes -
1:00 Custis was Washington's step-grandson and adoptive son
There probably isn't enough material to make more parts, however I would like to mention Stephen Lushington (1782 - 1873), painted in July 1789:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Lushington_(judge)#/media/File:Stephen_Lushington_(1782-1873),_as_a_boy,_by_Richard_Cosway_(1742-1821).jpg
and photographed in the 1860s or 1870s:
https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw158083/Stephen-Lushington
Sources -
Princess Mary, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh (1776 - 1857):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Mary,_Duchess_of_Gloucester_and_Edinburgh
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Benjamin_West_(1738-1820)_-_Princess_Augusta,_Princess_Elizabeth,_Prince_Ernest,_Prince_Augustus,_Prince_Adolphus_and_Princess_Mary_-_RCIN_404574_-_Royal_Collection.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mary,_Duchess_of_Gloucester_and_Edinburgh.jpg
John Quincy Adams (1767 - 1849):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Quincy_Adams
Alexander von Humboldt (1769 - 1859):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_von_Humboldt
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Schmidt_Wilhelm_v_Humboldt@Goethe-Museum_Frankfurt_a.M.20170819.jpg
George W. P. Custis (1781 - 1857):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington_Parke_Custis
https://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/dag/item/2004663921/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Edward_Savage_-_The_Washington_Family_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg
Mary Russell Mitford (1787 - 1855):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Russell_Mitford
https://talbot.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/search/catalog/schaaf-3895
https://www.agefotostock.com/age/en/details-photo/mary-russell-mitford-author-of-our-village-as-a-child-of-three/MEV-10165153
https://www.hampshirechronicle.co.uk/news/20235304.mitfords-memories-georgian-alresford/
Landgravine Auguste of Hesse-Homburg (1776 - 1871)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landgravine_Auguste_of_Hesse-Homburg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Landgravine_Auguste_of_Hesse-Homburg.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Auguste_Fredericka_of_Hesse-Homburg,_Hereditary_Grand_Duchess_of_Mecklenburg-Schwerin.jpg
Maria Edgeworth (1768 - 1849):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Edgeworth
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Maria_Edgeworth_by_Adam_Buck_c1790.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Maria_Edgeworth,_by_Richard_Beard.jpg
Rembrandt Peale (1778 - 1860):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rembrandt_Peale
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769 - 1852):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Wellesley,_1st_Duke_of_Wellington
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Arthur_Wellesley_by_John_Hoppner.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Duke_of_Wellington_Photo_cleaned.jpg
Dolley Madison (1768 - 1849):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolley_Madison
J. M. W. Turner (1775 - 1851):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._M._W._Turner
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-Portrait_(Turner)
https://www.facebook.com/934844976650407/posts/daguerreotype-image-of-jmw-turner-ra-by-jemayall-at-433-west-strand-london-in-18/1546286992172866/
Jean-Gabriel Eynard (1775 - 1863):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Gabriel_Eynard
https://bge-geneve.ch/iconographie/en/catalogue-raisonne/eynard-photographe-catalogue-raisonne-des-daguerreotypes-1840-1855/eynard
https://bge-geneve.ch/iconographie/oeuvre/lf-01
Friedrich von Schelling (1775 - 1854):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Wilhelm_Joseph_Schelling
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FriedrichWilhelmSchelling.jpg
https://www.europeana.eu/en/item/2064137/Museu_ProvidedCHO_Bildarchiv_Foto_Marburg_obj00075987
Music -
23843807 - O Holy Night (Solo Piano)
https://pixabay.com/music/christmas-o-holy-night-solo-piano-436s-11788/
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