| Method | Mezzotint |
| Artist | Elias Christoph Heiss after Sir Godfrey Kneller |
| Published | c.1720 |
| Dimensions | Image 320 x 218 mm, Plate 322 x 218 mm, Sheet 395 x 265 mm |
| Notes |
Inscription below image reads: Teuto tuus vindex; tuus est Hic Gallia Victo,/ Battave Subsidium; Dux, decus Angle tuum./ Nobilitas, virtus, Robur, doctrina, venustas/ Convenere; simul composuere virum./ Herois vultum nigris ars monstrat in umbris,/ Clarius ut belli fulmen in orbe micet. John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough (1650-1722) was a soldier and statesman. Rising to become a confidential agent of James, Duke of York once James became King in 1685, Churchill played a major role in crushing the Duke of Monmouth's rebellion. Just three years later he abandoned his Catholic king in favour of the Protestant William of Orange. His influence at court reached its height with the accession of Queen Anne. Promoted to Commander-in Chief of the allied forces, he achieved huge victories against the French in the War of the Spanish Succession. However, the increasing unpopularity of the war and Marlborough's arrogance contributed to his dismissal by Anne in 1711. He eventually regained favour with the accession of George I in 1714. Elias Christoph Heiss (1660-1731) was a painter, copperplate and mezzotint engraver best know for his prints after Sir Godfrey Kneller. Sir Godfrey Kneller, 1st Baronet (1646 – 1723) was the leading portrait painter in England during the late 17th and early 18th centuries, and was court painter to British monarchs from Charles II to George I. His major works include The Chinese Convert (1687); a series of four portraits of Isaac Newton painted at various junctures of the latter's life; a series of ten reigning European monarchs, including King Louis XIV of France; over 40 "Kit-cat portraits" of members of the Kit-Cat Club; and ten "beauties" of the court of William III, to match a similar series of ten beauties of the court of Charles II painted by his predecessor as court painter, Sir Peter Lely. O' Donoghue 26, Lennox-Boyd i/i Ex. Col.: Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. Condition: Light water stain to top right margin, creases to left margin, not affecting image. |
| Framing | unmounted |
| Price | £200.00 |
| Stock ID | 36690 |