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Fanny Dillon
Élisabeth Françoise 'Fanny' Dillon (25 July 1785 – 6 March 1836) was a French noblewoman and wife of Henri Gatien Bertrand. Birth and family Born at two o'clock in the morning of 25 July 1785 at the Gognies-Chaussée, château de Gontreuil on the Franco-Belgian border, Élisabeth Françoise was the daughter of the Irish French general Arthur Dillon (1750–1794), Arthur Dillon, commander of the Régiment de Dillon (France), Régiment de Dillon, and the Martinique creole peoples, creole Laure de Girardin de Montgérald. Both her father and mother had been married before, while her mother had also, when still married to her previous husband, Alexandre-Francois Le Vassor de la Touche de Longpre (1744 - 1779), engaged in an affair with Alexandre de Beauharnais, from which resulted an illegitimate son. Laure was also a maternal cousin of de Beauharnais' wife, Empress Joséphine, Rose Tascher de La Pagerie, who later became the Empress Joséphine, Laure and Rose's grandparents hav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portrait Of Fanny Dillon
A portrait is a portrait painting, painting, portrait photography, photograph, sculpture, or other artistic representation of a person, in which the face and its expressions are predominant. The intent is to display the likeness, Personality type, personality, and even the mood of the person. For this reason, in photography a portrait is generally not a Snapshot (photography), snapshot, but a composed image of a person in a still position. A portrait often shows a person looking directly at the painter or photographer, in order to most successfully engage the subject with the viewer. History Prehistorical portraiture Plastered human skulls were reconstructed human skulls that were made in the ancient Levant between 9000 and 6000 BC in the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B period. They represent some of the oldest forms of art in the Middle East and demonstrate that the prehistoric population took great care in burying their ancestors below their homes. The skulls denote some of the earlie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
