Lot 165: BERNARD LENS (BRITISH, 1682-1740), AFTER SIR GODFREY KNELLER

BERNARD LENS (BRITISH, 1682-1740), AFTER SIR GODFREY KNELLER
Queen Anne (1665-1714), in ermine-trimmed gold robe and shawl, wearing the badge and jewel of the Order of the Garter, pearl necklace
on ivory
signed, dated and inscribed on the backing card 'Serenissima et Potentissima Anna D.G. Angliae Scotiae Francia et Hiberniae Regina &e.; Inaugurata XXIIIυo. die Aprilis Anno 1702 Ob 1714: Aug: yυe: I: Godfrey Kneller S.R Imp. et Angl. Eques Aur. pinx Bernard Lens Fecit Londoni: Sep: yυe: 8: 1716'
oval, 3¼ in. (82 mm.) high, gilt-metal mount

J. Steegman, A Survey of Portraits in Welsh Houses, Cardiff, 1962, vol. II, p. 130, no. 49

According to the inscription on the reverse, given by Queen Anne to Lord Chief Justice Trevor, presumably Thomas Trevor, 1st Baron Trevor (1658-1730), who was appointed Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas in 1701.

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