Sir Samuel Garth
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© National Portrait Gallery, London
Sir Samuel Garth
by Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
oil on canvas, circa 1705
35 1/2 in. x 27 3/4 in. (902 mm x 705 mm)
Given by the Art Fund, 1945
Primary Collection
NPG 3208
Artistback to top
- Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt (1646-1723), Portrait painter. Artist or producer associated with 1689 portraits, Sitter associated with 30 portraits.
Related worksback to top
- NPG D11507: Sir Samuel Garth (source portrait)
- NPG D19929: Sir Samuel Garth (source portrait)
- NPG D18757: Sir Samuel Garth (source portrait)
- NPG D18758: Sir Samuel Garth (source portrait)
- NPG D33122: Sir Samuel Garth (source portrait)
- NPG D34368: Sir Samuel Garth (source portrait)
- NPG D31257: Sir Samuel Garth (source portrait)
- NPG D19022: Sir Samuel Garth (source portrait)
- NPG D2422: Sir Samuel Garth (source portrait)
- NPG D2423: Sir Samuel Garth (source portrait)
- NPG D2749: Sir Samuel Garth (source portrait)
Linked publicationsback to top
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- Ingamells, John, Later Stuart Portraits 1685-1714, 2009, p. 92
- Piper, David, Catalogue of Seventeenth Century Portraits in the National Portrait Gallery, 1625-1714, 1963, p. 133
- Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 239
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Events of 1705back to top
Current affairs
The Act for the Naturalization of Princess Sophia, Electress of Hanover, following the Act of Settlement, 1701, ensures Sophia and her descendants, if Protestant, would succeed to the throne.The passing of the Alien Act in Parliament deems any Scot in England to be a foreign subject.
Art and science
Astronomer, Edmond Halley, publishes his celebrated work Synopsis astronomia cometicae.Architect, Sir John Vanbrugh is appointed to design Blenheim Palace, a gift from the queen to John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough, in recognition of his victory against the French at Blindheim, Bavaria.
International
Charles Mordaunt, Earl of Peterborough having recently been appointed admiral alongside Sir Cloudesley Shovell, sails from England to fight a successful, though controversial campaign in Spain during the War of the Spanish Succession.Comments back to top
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