Catherine Ridge

1 portrait by The Medici Society Ltd

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Catherine Ridge

published by The Medici Society Ltd, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
chromolithograph, published 1911 (1773-1774?)
27 in. x 19 in. (687 mm x 482 mm) paper size
Given by The Medici Society Ltd, 1912
Reference Collection
NPG D39759

Sitterback to top

  • Catherine Ridge (circa 1759-circa 1839), Daughter of Counsellor Ridge. Sitter in 1 portrait.

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  • The Medici Society Ltd (active 1908-), Publishers. Artist or producer associated with 30 portraits.
  • Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723-1792), Painter and first President of the Royal Academy. Artist or producer associated with 1425 portraits, Sitter associated with 40 portraits.

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Asquith's Liberal government introduces the Parliament Act to curb the powers of the House of Lords following the clash between the Commons and Lords over the 1909 People's Budget. The Act removed the Lords' power to veto bills, reduced the length of Parliament from seven to five years, and provided for the payment of MPs.

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Ernest Rutherford discovers the structure of the atom. The New Zealand born physicist working in Manchester showed with his Nuclear Model that electrons orbited a nucleus composed of protons and neutrons. The discovery paved the way for nuclear physics.

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The Polish Chemist, Marie Curie, becomes the first woman to win the Nobel Prize for her discovery in 1898 of the radioactive element, Radon.
The Mona Lisa is stolen from the Louvre. The masterpiece was missing for two years, during which time suspicion fell on avant-garde poet Guillaume Apollinaire and his friend Pablo Picasso, before Vincenzo Peruggia, an employee of the Louvre, was arrested in Florence.

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Dr Jane Williamson

18 January 2020, 07:48

Miss Catherine Ridge (c1759 - c1839) was probably painted in December 1773. This information comes from: Furber, H. ed. (1965) The Correspondence of Edmund Burke, vol. 5, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge and The University of Chicago Press, Chicago - fn p.185.
I note that Furber references Waterhouse, E.K. (1941) Reynolds, London, plate 151, in relation to this portrait. There may be more information there.
My ancestor, John Ridge (Counsellor Ridge, Catherine's father) was an Irish Lawyer and friend of Burke. I am writing John Ridge's history at the moment. I am not expecting it to be published - it is for family.