Serenissima et Potentissima Anna D.G. Angliæ Scotiæ Franciæ et Hiberniæ Regina &c. Inaugurata XXIII.o die Aprilis Anno 1702.
G. Kneller Pinx: W: Emmett fec: Sold at his house in New Street [n.d. c.1714.] Very scarce mezzotint, sheet 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"), on 18th century watermarked paper. Trimmed left and right. Cockling in corners where previously glued to backing sheet. Some staining. Portrait of Queen Anne 1665-1714), half-length in an oval, wearing small crown, pearl necklace, ermine-lined robes with jewels, with the 'Great George' of the Order of the Garter. In 1707 Anne signed the Act of Union, creating the Kingdom of Great Britain; here England and Scotland are still separate kingdoms. CS: 1. O' Donoghue 26. Ex Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
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