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King William III & Queen Mary II King William III & Queen Mary II
King William III & Queen Mary II King William III & Queen Mary II

© Temple Newsam House

© Temple Newsam House


King William III & Queen Mary II

Sir Godfrey Kneller

Art Funded
1992
Dimensions
224 x 147 cm
Vendor
Earl of Halifax
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.

Provenance

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

Oil on canvas

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Art we’ve helped buy at Temple Newsam House

Silver Poetry; Spring Fever Ring
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Writing table
 Acquired 2006
Writing table
 Acquired 1989
Venice: S Giorgio Maggiore with the Guidecca and the Zitelle
 Acquired 1955
Two chairs
 Acquired 2002
Two Brussels tapestries
 Acquired 1992
The Hinton House State Bed
 Acquired 1981
The Goring Brewery Tazza
 Acquired 1987
The George Warre Collection
 Acquired 1938
The Channon Cabinet
 Acquired 1986
The Boar Hunt
 Acquired 1992
Textiles & ceramics
 Acquired 2002
Tea canister
 Acquired 2007
Stool
 Acquired 1989
Steeple cup
 Acquired 2005
Silver Shell Basket
 Acquired 2013
Silver Flagon
 Acquired 1956
Set of four torchères
 Acquired 2007
Self portrait
 Acquired 1999
Portrait of Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness
 Acquired 2000
Portrait of Master Meynell
 Acquired 2010
Portrait of Lady Hertford
 Acquired 1952
Portrait of Lady Bennet
 Acquired 2003
Portrait of a Lady aged 27
 Acquired 1972
Pier table
 Acquired 1976
Pair of vases
 Acquired 2002
Pair of portraits of Thomas & Catherine Havers
 Acquired 1966
Pair of Pier Tables
 Acquired 1996
Pair of ewers
 Acquired 1979
Pair of Ewers
 Acquired 2009
Pair of chairs
 Acquired 1985
Pair of Capitals & Panel & 3 Shields
 Acquired 1931
Pair of armchairs
 Acquired 1985
Library Writing Table
 Acquired 1965
Library chair
 Acquired 1976
Landscape with two Carthusian Monks
 Acquired 2012_Mahon
Lady's secretaire
 Acquired 1999
King William III & Queen Mary II
 Acquired 1992
Ink Stand
 Acquired 1967
Henrietta, Duchess of Orleans
 Acquired 1992
Hector and Andromache
 Acquired 1959
Heads of Two Children
 Acquired 1992
Hall or staircase lantern
 Acquired 2004
Great Silver Wine Cistern of Thomas Wentworth, Lord Raby
 Acquired 2011
Girandole
 Acquired 1988
George II centrepiece
 Acquired 1989
Four-poster bed
 Acquired 1979
Four poster state bed
 Acquired 1996
Fall-front secretaire
 Acquired 2004
Face screen
 Acquired 1980
Elizabethan flagon
 Acquired 1977
Earl Grey's Centre Table
 Acquired 2015
Cup & ewer with silver mounts
 Acquired 2009
Collection of nine Ingram family portraits
 Acquired 1993
Collection of furniture
 Acquired 1975
Collection of Furniture
 Acquired 1939
Christ carrying the Cross
 Acquired 1930
Chinoiserie cabinet
 Acquired 1992
Charles II on Horseback
 Acquired 1980
Cagework cup and cover
 Acquired 1994
Bureau plat
 Acquired 1972
Beadwork mirror
 Acquired 2014
A collection of Staffordshire and Rockingham china
 Acquired 1941
'Atlas' candelabrum
 Acquired 2005

Of the dozens of objects and works of art to have been Art Funded for the house, particularly striking is the Chinese lacquer fall-front secretaire, acquired with a contribution from the Art Fund of £75,000. It was probably made for Isabella Dowager Marchioness of Hartford, who inherited the house in the early 19th century.

Hieronimos Custodis's portrait of Lady Bennet was Art Funded in 2003 with a contribution of £20,000 towards the 35,000 total. Lady Bennet became mother-in-law to Elizabeth Ingram, whose father re-built Temple Newsam from 1622.

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