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...
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...
