Sir Richard Steele
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© National Portrait Gallery, London
Sir Richard Steele
by Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
oil on canvas, 1711
36 in. x 28 in. (914 mm x 711 mm)
Given by the Art Fund, 1945
Primary Collection
NPG 3227
On display in Room 8 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
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 D11511: Sir Richard Steele (source portrait)
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Linked publicationsback to top
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- The British Portrait, 1660-1960, 1991, p. 115 number 105
- Ingamells, John, Later Stuart Portraits 1685-1714, 2009, p. 265
- Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 585
- Schama, Simon, The Face of Britain: The Nation Through its Portraits, 2015-09-15, p. 78
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Events of 1711back to top
Current affairs
Queen Anne dismisses from office her closest companion, Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough, over disagreements principally concerning matters of state. Sarah's husband, the Duke of Marlborough, is also dismissed, a victim of ambition and political intrigue.The South Sea Company is launched to undertake the nation's debt.
Art and science
Composer, George Frideric Handel's first London opera Rinaldo is staged at the Queen's Theatre and privately performed for the queen on her birthday at St. James's Palace. The following year Handel would leave the Hanoverian court to settle in London.Essayists, Sir Richard Steele and Joseph Addison establish The Spectator.
International
Secret peace negotiations between France and England resume to end the War of the Spanish Succession. Lord treasurer, Robert Harley, Earl of Oxford sends poet and diplomat, Matthew Prior, to France accompanied by Louis XIV's secret negotiator, François Gaultier, to conduct talks directly with the French king.Comments back to top
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