Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford (1661-1724), Politician
Sitter associated with 14 portraits
Politician; as a moderate Tory, worked initially with the Whigs in pursuing the war against France; intrigued against the Marlboroughs and Godolphins, who persuaded Queen Anne to dismiss him, 1708; two years later he secured their overthrow, becoming virtual head of a Tory ministry; created Earl and Lord High Treasurer 1711; at the instigation of Bolingbroke, was dismissed by Queen Anne on her deathbed, 1714; held no further office; a determined and relentless intriguer, he was a skilled party manager and a pioneer in the use of the political press.
Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford
by Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
oil on canvas, 1714
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Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford
after Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
oil on canvas, (1714)
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Queen Anne and the Knights of the Garter
by Peter Angelis
oil on canvas, 1720s
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Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford
by and published by John Smith, after Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
mezzotint, 1714 (1714)
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Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford
by George Vertue, after Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
engraving, (1714)
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Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford
by and published by John Smith, after Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
mezzotint, 1714 (1714)
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Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford
by and published by John Smith, after Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
mezzotint, 1714 (1714)
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Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford
by George Vertue, after Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
engraving, (1714)
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Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford
after Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
line engraving, late 18th century
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Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford
attributed to Thomas Athow, after Unknown artist, after Jonathan Richardson
watercolour, early 19th century
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Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke; Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford; Francis Atterbury
by Thomas Abiel Prior, after Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
line engraving, mid 19th century
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Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford
by and published by John Smith, after Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
mezzotint, 1714 (1714)
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Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford
by and published by John Smith, after Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
mezzotint, 1714 (1714)
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Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford
by W.T. Mote, published by Harding & Lepard, after William Derby, after Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
stipple engraving, published 1 November 1832 (1714)
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Place
Oxfordshire
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