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RefNoIM/002855
LevelItem
TitlePortrait of Catharine Macaulay (1731 - 1791)
ArtistBasire; James (1730 - 1802); engraving
Date1765
DescriptionProfile 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.
InscriptionContent‘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’
ObjectNameEngraving
MaterialsBlack and white engraving
NotesNot FRS. Histoiran and conversationalist. Known as Macaulay Graham by second marriage
AccessStatusOpen
ProvenancePresented by Thomas Hollis, 1766
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