Madame de Pompadour. Born Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson, Madame de Pompadour (1721-1764) was the mistress of Louis XV (1710-1774) of France. From an original drawing by A. K. Macdonald. From the John Player & Sons cigarette card series 'Famous Beauties', 1937. (Photo by Print Collector/Getty Images)
