Mrs. Montague
Not on view
Samuel Johnson described Elizabeth Montagu as "Queen of the Blues," referring to her leadership of a group of accomplished women known as the Blue Stocking Circle. Reynolds painted her in 1775 and the sitter said of the portrait in a letter, "all people think it very like tho' there is a good deal of flattery in the likeness." Fifteen years before, Montagu began to hold literary breakfasts at her house in Mayfair and these became anticipated social events. Based on Reynold's painting, this print was published in "Shakespeare Illustrated" (London, S & E Harding, 1793).
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