Portrait of Catharine Macaulay (1731 - 1791) 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. 1765