King William III & Queen Mary II

studio of Sir Godfrey Kneller (1646 - 1723)

Temple Newsam House

1648 - 1690

These two paintings were a crucial part of the royalist conception for the Picture Gallery at Temple Newsam, forming the great centrepiece of the picture hang and complimenting the royal portraits incorporated as plaster medallions in relief on the ceiling.

• Medium: oil on canvas
• Dimensions: 224 x 147 cm
• Art Fund Grant: £10000 ( Total: £82,730; Tax Remission)
• ArtFunded in: 1992
• Vendor: Earl of Halifax

Provenance

Collection of the Viscounts Irwin, Temple Newsam House historic collection. On loan to Temple Newsam from 1922.

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