Algernon Capel, 2nd Earl of Essex

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A version of a three-quarter-length by Kneller formerly at Cassiobury, which was made up to a full-length by another hand. [1]

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1) J. D. Stewart, Godfrey Kneller, 1983, no.257. Cassiobury Park sale, 4th day, 15 June 1922, lot 687 (as Van Dyck); Christie’s, 19 July 1929, lot 153, and many times thereafter, the last occasion 20 April 1990, lot 10.

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Piper 1963
D. Piper, Catalogue of the Seventeenth Century Portraits in the National Portrait Gallery 1625-1714, 1963, pp 120-121.

Provenanceback to top

Henry Graves, from whom purchased 1862 as Marlborough by Jan Wyck.

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Royal Military School of Music, Twickenham, 1971–2008.


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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