William Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Devonshire
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Later Stuart Portraits Catalogue
William Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Devonshire
by Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
circa 1715
36 in. x 28 in. (914 mm x 711 mm)
NPG 3202
This portraitback to top
The Kit-Cat Club portrait. Devonshire holds the wand of lord steward of the Household. A version is at Chatsworth.
Referenceback to top
Piper 1963
D. Piper, Catalogue of the Seventeenth Century Portraits in the National Portrait Gallery 1625-1714, 1963, p 106 as c.1710 or c.1714-16.
Stewart 1983
J. D. Stewart, Godfrey Kneller, 1983, no.219 as c.1715.
Reproductionsback to top
J. Faber II 1733 (J. Chaloner Smith, British Mezzotinto Portraits, 208/5).
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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