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Portraits in the Characters of the Muses in the Temple of Apollo NPG 4905

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Richard Samuel

Britain's artistic and intellectual women were triumphantly celebrated by Richard Samuel in this unusual group portrait exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1779. It depicts nine contemporary creative women dressed in classical-style robes in 'the Characters of the Muses'. Assembled in a 'Temple of Apollo', beneath a monumental statue of the god, they are presented as members of a modern pantheon of arts and letters.

A network of writers, scholars, artists and performers, all the women included - except for Elizabeth Montagu, literary critic... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.