Kneller, Sir Godfrey

Queen Anne, Isaac Newton and John Locke head the sitters in these prints after Sir Godfrey Kneller, the German-born portrait...

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Queen Anne, Isaac Newton and John Locke head the sitters in these prints after Sir Godfrey Kneller, the German-born portrait painter (1646–1723) who became Principal Painter to the Crown. The engravings were published by Tallis in 1849 and 1853, so they are Victorian versions of his portraits rather than works of his own time. The churchmen John Tillotson and Francis Atterbury appear with the statesmen Robert Harley, John Somers and Henry St John, and the dukes of Somerset and Montagu, a cast for Victorian histories of government, religion and ideas.

Queen Anne, Isaac Newton and John Locke head the sitters in these prints after Sir Godfrey Kneller, the German-born portrait painter (1646–1723) who became Principal Painter to the Crown. The engravings were published by Tallis in 1849 and 1853, so they are Victorian versions of his portraits rather than works of his own time. The churchmen John Tillotson and Francis Atterbury appear with the statesmen Robert Harley, John Somers and Henry St John, and the dukes of Somerset and Montagu, a cast for Victorian histories of government, religion and ideas.

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