Elizabeth Montagu (née Robinson); Anna Letitia Barbauld (née Aikin)
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Elizabeth Montagu (née Robinson); Anna Letitia Barbauld (née Aikin)
after Thomas Holloway
line engraving, published 1 July 1776
6 1/4 in. x 3 7/8 in. (159 mm x 98 mm)
Given by Henry Witte Martin, 1861
Reference Collection
NPG D4458
Sittersback to top
- Anna Letitia Barbauld (née Aikin) (1743-1825), Poet and writer. Sitter in 6 portraits.
- Elizabeth Montagu (née Robinson) (1718-1800), Writer and leader of society. Sitter in 11 portraits.
Artistback to top
- Thomas Holloway (1748-1827), Engraver. Artist or producer associated with 33 portraits.
Linked publicationsback to top
- Eger, Elizabeth; Peltz, Lucy, Brilliant Women: 18th Century Bluestockings, 2008 (accompanying the exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery from 13 March to 15 June 2008), p. 67
Linked displays and exhibitionsback to top
- Brilliant Women: 18th-Century Bluestockings (13 March 2008 - 15 June 2008)
Events of 1776back to top
Current affairs
Tahitian visitor to London Omai returns home with Captain James Cook on his third voyage. During his two-year stay he inspired a play and was painted by Joshua Reynolds.Member of Parliament David Hartley unsuccessfully introduces a motion to the House of Commons calling for the abolition of the slave trade.
Art and science
Edward Gibbon produces the first volume of his monumental The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.Artist John Constable is born.
Scottish economist Adam Smith analyses the nature and causes of prosperity in his magnum opus The Wealth of Nations.
International
American War of Independence: George Washington raises a new American flag on Prospect Hill, Boston. In an anonymous pamphlet entitled Common Sense, English immigrant Thomas Paine is the first to argue that the American colonies should be independent. Declaration of American Independence on 4 July.Comments back to top
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