Elizabeth Burnet

Inscriptionback to top

The signature, bottom left: GKneller is very worn.

This portraitback to top

Dated according to the sitter’s age as given in the Vandergucht engraving, this is the only known portrait of Elizabeth Burnet and shows her large, prominent eyes. A version was sold Sotheby’s, 9 April 1997, lot 20a.

Referenceback to top

Simon & Saywell (eds.) 2004
Complete Illustrated Catalogue, NPG, ed. J. Simon & D. Saywell, 2004, p 90.

Stewart 1983
J. D. Stewart, Godfrey Kneller, 1983, no.121.

Provenanceback to top

John Tillotson (d. 1984); his sale, Christie’s, 2 November 1984, lot 59, bought Leggatt for the NPG.

Exhibitionsback to top

Pallant House, Chichester, 1987–97.

Reproductionsback to top

M. Vandergucht 1709 (half-length oval Anno Aetatis 46; front. Some Account of Her Life, 1709); reduced copies of the print by Newton 1804, Hopwood 1815, and G. Burder 1819.


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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