Queen Anne and the Knights of the Garter
1 of 3 portraits of Henry Somerset, 2nd Duke of Beaufort
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Queen Anne and the Knights of the Garter
by Peter Angelis
oil on canvas, circa 1725
24 3/8 in. x 29 1/2 in. (620 mm x 750 mm) overall
Purchased, 1881
Primary Collection
NPG 624
On display at Kensington Palace, London
Sittersback to top
- Queen Anne (1665-1714), Reigned 1702-14. Sitter associated with 74 portraits. Identify
- Henry Somerset, 2nd Duke of Beaufort (1684-1714), Tory politician. Sitter in 3 portraits.
- Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Kent (1664-1740), Lord Justice. Sitter in 1 portrait.
- Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford (1661-1724), Lord Treasurer. Sitter in 14 portraits.
- Charles Mordaunt, 3rd Earl of Peterborough (1658-1735), Soldier. Sitter associated with 21 portraits.
- John Poulett, 1st Earl Poulett (1663-1743), First Lord of the Treasury. Sitter in 1 portrait.
- Charles Talbot, 1st Duke of Shrewsbury (1660-1718), Politician, Lord High Treasurer and Lord Chamberlain. Sitter in 7 portraits.
Linked publicationsback to top
- Ingamells, John, Later Stuart Portraits 1685-1714, 2009, p. 355
- Piper, David, The English Face, 1992, p. 118
- Piper, David, Catalogue of Seventeenth Century Portraits in the National Portrait Gallery, 1625-1714, 1963, p. 392
- Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 705
Placesback to top
- Place portrayed: United Kingdom: England, London (Kensington Palace, Kensington and Chelsea, London)
Subjects & Themesback to top
Events of 1725back to top
Current affairs
Notorious 'Thief Taker General' Jonathan Wild is hanged at Tyburn. He ran one of the most successful gangs of thieves of the era, while appearing to be the nation's leading policeman.Pardoned Jacobite leader Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke forms an opposition to the Prime Minister Robert Walpole.
Order of the Bath is founded by King George I.
Art and science
Poet Alexander Pope produces a new edition of Shakespeare, which he rewrites and edits in numerous places.Philosopher Francis Hutcheson publishes his first major work An Inquiry into the Original of our Ideas of Beauty and Virtue, published in two treatises concerning aesthetics and morality.
International
Russian tsar Peter the Great dies.Treaty of Hanover between England, France and Prussia.
Composer Antonio Vivaldi debuts the set of violin concertos known as The Four Seasons.
Composer Johann Sebastian Bach debuts his Easter Oratorio in Leipzig.
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