Portrait of Caroline of Ansbach
Date
c.1731
Sitter
Caroline of Ansbach, Queen Consort of George II (1683 - 1737, German)
Creator
John Faber (1694 - 1756, Dutch) , Engraver
After
Joseph Highmore (1692 - 1780, British) , Artist
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height (print): 113mm
width (print): 73mm
width (print): 73mm
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Description
Three-quarter length portrait of Caroline of Ansbach, turn slightly to the left [as viewed] wearing state dress, embellished with pearls and jewels. One hand rests on a nearby table, on which a crown lies on a velvet cushion. From a painting by Joseph Highmore.
Inscribed below: ‘I Highmore Pinx. I Faber. Fecit.
Serenisima Carolina D. G. Mag. Brit. Fran. Et Hib. REGINA
Sold by I. Faber at the Green Door in Craven Buildings, Drury Lane’
Engraving from MS/648/5 Collectanea Newtoniana. A collection of prints and original artworks relating to Sir Isaac Newton, compiled and arranged by Charles Turnor, 1837.
Caroline of Ansbach, Queen Consort of George II (1683-1737) was not a Fellow of the Royal Society.
Inscribed below: ‘I Highmore Pinx. I Faber. Fecit.
Serenisima Carolina D. G. Mag. Brit. Fran. Et Hib. REGINA
Sold by I. Faber at the Green Door in Craven Buildings, Drury Lane’
Engraving from MS/648/5 Collectanea Newtoniana. A collection of prints and original artworks relating to Sir Isaac Newton, compiled and arranged by Charles Turnor, 1837.
Caroline of Ansbach, Queen Consort of George II (1683-1737) was not a Fellow of the Royal Society.
Object history
Charles Turnor presented his Collectanea Newtoniana. Being a selection of the most authentic engraved portraits of Sir Isaac Newton Knt., and other eminent Philosophers Mathematicians and Distinguished Men … to the Royal Society in 1837.
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