Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke

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• Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke (1678-1751), Statesman and writer. Sitter in 11 portraits.

Artistback to top

• Alexis Simon Belle (1674-1734). Artist associated with 27 portraits.

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Painted wearing his peer's robes as a Viscount, perhaps in 1712 when he was in Paris as ambassador. The carved and gilt oak frame is French and probably the original.

Linked publicationsback to top

• Ingamells, John, Later Stuart Portraits 1685-1714, 2009, p. 27
• Piper, David, Catalogue of Seventeenth Century Portraits in the National Portrait Gallery, 1625-1714, 1963, p. 29
• Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 63