After Sir Godfrey Kneller; An Early 18thC Oil on Canvas Portrait of King George I c.1714

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After Sir Godfrey Kneller; An Early 18thC Oil on Canvas Portrait of King George I c.1714Origin: English School Period: George I Provenance: Ex Christies London, 30th October, 1959 Date: c. 1714 Height: 30 Width: 25 Depth: 1 The unframed early eighteenth century oil on canvas portrait of King George I, shown bust length depicting the King with the collar of a Knight of the Garter over his coronation robes, bearing a Christies stencil verso for 423 MA, the whole surviving from the first quarter of the eighteenth century, most likely from

It appears to have been broken at the neck at some stage and repaired

The lions charming naïve style has some similarities with Staffordshire ceramic pieces of the period and it is a refreshing change from the ever present Conova lions that one sees

rotating in a calibrated brass basket frame with brass meridian circle

and has been seen breeding as far north as Cumbria and eastern Yorkshire and the western Isle of Man

This drawing depicts the bustling activity

which is probably 1920s

To the reverse the piece is evidently made in two parts as the join is visible

The skulls of Asian black bears are relatively small

The whole is certainly sure and stands true

The printed Coronation flag in soft thin cotton showing George and Mary depicted center within a floral circular framed border amongst scrolls

Length: 129cms / 4

with the acronym INRI above

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