Unknown woman, formerly known as Queen Anne
2 of 74 portraits of Queen Anne
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© National Portrait Gallery, London
Later Stuart Portraits Catalogue
Unknown woman, formerly known as Queen Anne
by Unknown artist
1690s
17 3/4 in. x 13 1/4 in. (450 mm x 335 mm) overall
NPG 1674
This portraitback to top
Purchased as a portrait of Queen Anne, NPG 1674 is an informal portrait of a girl with nothing regal about her. Piper had regarded the identification of Anne as speculative.
Referenceback to top
Piper 1963
D. Piper, Catalogue of the Seventeenth Century Portraits in the National Portrait Gallery 1625-1714, 1963, p 8 (as called Queen Anne).
Provenanceback to top
A. P. Ready, from whom purchased 1912 as Princess Anne.
This extended catalogue entry is from the National Portrait Gallery collection catalogue: John Ingamells, National Portrait Gallery: Later Stuart Portraits 1685-1714, National Portrait Gallery, 2009, and is as published then. For the most up-to-date details on individual Collection works, we recommend reading the information provided in the Search the Collection results on this website in parallel with this text.
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