Circle of Sir Godfrey Kneller

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Circle of Sir Godfrey Kneller

Portrait of King George I, full-length, in Garter Robes, resting his hand on the Orb on a table beside him, with Westminster Abbey and St. Stephen's Chapel beyond

93 x 57in. (236.1 x 144.6cm.)
Provenance
Melton Constable, Norfolk, until 1987

Lot Essay

After the full-length official state portrait by Kneller at Houghton and studio copy at Windsor Castle. Other versions and copies exist of this portrait, for discussion of them see O. Millar, Pictures in the Royal Collection: Tudor, Stuart and Early Georgian pictures, 1963, p. 148, no. 360.

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