Portrait of John Wilkins (1614-1672) mb-height 3140 This term for learned woman

This term for learned woman derives from an eighteenth-century club of literary women in London

The sitter's body faces towards the viewer's right

6th January 1989

The title is on cartouche with City arms above and lions as supporters

April 1963

Portrait of John Wilkins (1614-1672) mb-height 3140 This term for learned womanJohn Wilkins is painted at three quarter length, seated, in ecclesiastical dress, a black tippet over a white surplice. He has dark natural hair, shoulder length and a narrow moustache. The left hand rests on the arm of his chair; the right loosely on his knee. John Wilkins was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1660, he was a founder of the Society. Original: oil on canvas, 1270x1016mm. ca. 1670 1672