Sarah Churchill (née Jenyns (Jennings)), Duchess of Marlborough
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© National Portrait Gallery, London
Sarah Churchill (née Jenyns (Jennings)), Duchess of Marlborough
after Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
oil on canvas, circa 1702, based on a work of circa 1702
41 1/2 in. x 35 in. (1054 mm x 889 mm) overall
Purchased, 1948
Primary Collection
NPG 3634
On display in Room 3 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
Sitterback to top
- Sarah Churchill (née Jenyns (Jennings)), Duchess of Marlborough (1660-1744), Courtier. Sitter associated with 34 portraits.
Artistback to top
- Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt (1646-1723), Portrait painter. Artist or producer associated with 1689 portraits, Sitter associated with 30 portraits.
This portraitback to top
The Duchess wears at her waist, the golden key of the Keeper of the Privy Purse.
Linked publicationsback to top
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- Cannadine, Sir David (Introduction); Cooper, Tarnya; Stewart, Louise; MacGibbon, Rab; Cox, Paul; Peltz, Lucy; Moorhouse, Paul; Broadley, Rosie; Jascot-Gill, Sabina, Tudors to Windsors: British Royal Portraits, 2018 (accompanying the exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery from The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas, USA, 7 October 2018 -3 February 2019. Bendigo Art Gallery, Australia, 16 March - 14 July 2019.), p. 107
- Ingamells, John, Later Stuart Portraits 1685-1714, 2009, p. 168
- Livingstone, Natalie, author., The mistresses of Cliveden / Natalie Livingstone., 2015, p. 110
- Ribeiro, Aileen, The Gallery of Fashion, 2000, p. 92
- Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 411
Events of 1702back to top
Current affairs
William III dies and is succeeded by Anne, his sister-in-law, the second daughter of James II and Anne Hyde. Committed to the Church of England and swayed towards Tory values, the queen would enjoy considerable popularity.The general election sweeps the Tories to power in a landslide victory.
Art and science
Writer, Daniel Defoe, publishes the Shortest Way with the Dissenters. The pamphlet is considered critical of the Anglican Church and Defoe is eventually arrested for seditious libel and briefly imprisoned.The Daily Courant, Britain's first daily newspaper consisting of one page with two columns, is printed by Elizabeth Mallet.
International
Admiral George Rooke overwhelmingly defeats a French squadron escorting a Spanish silver fleet from South America, at the naval Battle of Vigo Bay.In the War of the Spanish Succession, John Churchill, Captain-General of the Forces, forces the French to withdraw from the River Maas.
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