Joseph Highmore
painted EC
in about 1738, holding a book in her hand and about to be crowned with a laurel wreath. This picture seems to be related to Samuel Johnson
's poem To Eliza...
Occupation
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
LMWM
acted as patron to a number of writers (all male so far as is known), most notably Richard Savage
and Henry Fielding
, but also Edward Young
and Samuel Boyse
. Books to which...
Reception
Elizabeth Carter
Joseph Highmore
's painting of her with book and laurel wreath, and John Fayram
's painting of her as a young Minerva in stylish armour with a copy of Plato
, each of them associated...
