Portrait of Catharine Macaulay
Date
1765
Sitter
Catharine Macaulay (1731 - 1791, British) , Historian
Creator
James Basire (1730 - 1802, British) , Engraver
After
Giovanni Battista Cipriani (1727 - 1785, Italian) , Artist
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Description
Profile portrait showing Catharine Macaulay facing towards the left, as viewed. She is seen wearing drop-shaped pearl earrings and a matching necklace. She is shown wearing her hair up, curled up around her face, covering the tops of her ears and gathered at the back. The portrait is framed by a wreath of oak leaves and shown above the image of a roman coin, presenting Macaulay as a powerful leader of British radical ideals.
Inscribed around portrait: ‘CATHARINE MACAVLAY’ Inscribed below: ‘I.B.CIPRIANI D.’ ‘I.BASIRE S. MDCCLXV’ ‘BRVTVS’ Annotated in pen below: ‘presented by Thomas Hollis Esq – FRS/23d January 1766’
Catharine Macaulay, née Sawbridge (1731-1791), British historian, was not a Fellow of the Royal Society.
Inscribed around portrait: ‘CATHARINE MACAVLAY’ Inscribed below: ‘I.B.CIPRIANI D.’ ‘I.BASIRE S. MDCCLXV’ ‘BRVTVS’ Annotated in pen below: ‘presented by Thomas Hollis Esq – FRS/23d January 1766’
Catharine Macaulay, née Sawbridge (1731-1791), British historian, was not a Fellow of the Royal Society.