 | Select collection - Epitaphs - 1806 - 262 pages
...not one of there •discovered that he was fit for more than preserving their likeness. These were Charles II. James II. and his queen; William and Mary,...Peter the Great, and the emperor Charles VI. For the last portrait Leopold created Kneller knight of the Roman empire — by Anne he was made a gentleman... | |
 | Thomas Blore - Antiques - 1815 - 320 pages
...acknowledge and admire the abilities of his riral. Kneller painted the portraits of ten sovereigns, viz. Charles II. James II. and his Queen, William and Mary, Anne, George I. Louis XIV. Peter the Great, and Charles VI. His best friend was William, by whom he was knighted in 1692, and presented with a gold... | |
 | Biography - 1815 - 544 pages
...Charles, James, and William ; and had the honour of painting the portraits of ten sovereigns (viz. Charles II. James II. and his queen, William and Mary, Anne, George I. Louis XIV, the czar ' Peter the Great, and the emperor Charles VI.), which is more than can be said of any other... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1815 - 548 pages
...Charles, James, and William ; and had the honour of painting the portraits of tea sovereigns (viz. Charles II. James II. and his queen, William and Mary, Anne, George I. Louis XIV. the czar Peter the Great, and the emperor Charles VI.), which is more than can be said of any other... | |
 | James Elmes - Art - 1825 - 336 pages
...HONOURS CONFERRED ON KNELLER FOB HIS PORTRAITS, SIR GODFREY KNELLER painted ten sovereigns ; namely, Charles II. James II. and his Queen ; William and...Peter the Great, and the emperor Charles VI. For the last portrait Leopold created Kneller a Knight of the Roman empire — by Anne he was made a genleman... | |
 | Matthew Pilkington - Painters - 1829 - 586 pages
...Charles, James, and William ; and had the honour of painting the portraits of ten sovereigns, viz. Charles II., James II. and his Queen, William and Mary, Anne, George I., Louis XIV., the Czar Peter the Great, and the Emperor Charles VI., which is more than can be said of any other... | |
 | Matthew Pilkington - 1840 - 794 pages
...by Charles, James, and William: and had the honour of painting the portraits of ten sovereigus, viz. Charles II., James II. and his Queen, William and Mary, Anne, George I., Louis XIV., the Czar Peter the Great, and the Emperor Charles VI. — a list that Lawrence did not live to rival.... | |
 | Horace Walpole (4th earl of Orford.) - 1849 - 462 pages
...phlegm. Of all his works, Sir Godfrey was most proud of the eonverted Chinese' at Windsor ; but his por1 Charles II. James II. and his queen; William and Mary,...Peter the Great, and the Emperor Charles VI. For the last portrait, I-eopold ereated Kneller knight of the Roman empire ; by Anne he was made a gentleman... | |
 | James R. Hobbes - Painters - 1849 - 552 pages
...also the Duke's, was introduced by him to Charles II., whose portrait he painted ; likewise those of James II. and his Queen; William and Mary ; Anne;...XIV. ; Peter the Great ; and the Emperor Charles VI. ; the beanties in Hampton Court ; the portraits in the Gallery of Admirals ,those of the Kit-Cat Club... | |
 | Hugh James Rose - Biography - 1853 - 528 pages
...his profession. He had the honour of painting the portraite of ten sovereigns, — Charles II., Jamea II. and his queen, William and Mary, Anne, George I., Louis XIV., the Ciar Peter, and the Emperor Charles VI. His best patron was William III., for whom he painted the... | |
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William, for whom he painted the beauties of Hampton ' Court; and by whom he was knighted in 1692, and presented with a gold medal and chain worth 300/. 
