Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax

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Piper 1963
D. Piper, Catalogue of the Seventeenth Century Portraits in the National Portrait Gallery 1625-1714, 1963, p 151.

Stewart 1983
J. D. Stewart, Godfrey Kneller, 1983, no.324.

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Earls of Hardwicke, Wimpole; Christie’s, 30 June 1888, lot 46, purchased.

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First Special Exhibition of National Portraits ( ... ending with the reign of James the second), South Kensington, 1867, no.1030 as Lord George Savile; Tercentenary Exhibition, Royal Society, Burlington House, 1960; Beningbrough 1978–.


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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