File:Queen Mary II (1662-94) RMG BHC2853.tiff
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[edit]Godfrey Kneller: Queen Mary II (1662-94)
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Queen Mary II (1662-94)  |
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| Object type | painting | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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portrait |
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| Description |
English: Queen Mary II (1662-94) A three-quarter length portrait of Queen Mary wearing her coronation robes and facing slightly to the left. She is surrounded by her regalia, her crown on the table to her right, and her right hand resting on the orb. Mary’s left hand holds the ermine on her skirt. Her costume is heavily jewelled and she is standing in front of rich brocade drapes. Mary was the eldest daughter of James, Duke of York, later James II and she married Prince William of Orange in 1677. During the 1688 Revolution she supported her husband and Protestantism rather than her Catholic father. She succeeded to the throne in 1688, following the flight of her father, James II. Queen Mary II reigned as joint sovereign with her husband, William of Orange from 1689-94. Administrative power was vested solely in William and Mary received no substantive regal power. Under these constitutional arrangements she ruled as Regnant Queen during William’s absences for nearly three years and otherwise as Consort Queen. She proved to be both astute and successful and she strongly supported the building of a seamen's Hospital in Greenwich. However she did not see the dream completed and died of smallpox in December 1694 at the age of 32. Her early death persuaded William to carry on with the project. The Hospital was not finished for many decades, but admitted the first pensioners in 1705. This portrait is thought to be an early replica and is inscribed ‘Queen Mary’ (see also BHC3094). |
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| Depicted people |
Mary II of England |
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| Date | Unknown date | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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oil on canvas |
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| Dimensions | Painting: 1257 mm x 1010 mm; Frame: 1480 mm x 1242 mm x 90 mm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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BHC2853 |
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| Source/Photographer | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/14326 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Permission (Reusing this file) |
The original artefact or artwork has been assessed as public domain by age, and faithful reproductions of the two dimensional work are also public domain. No permission is required for reuse for any purpose. The text of this image record has been derived from the Royal Museums Greenwich catalogue and image metadata. Individual data and facts such as date, author and title are not copyrightable, but reuse of longer descriptive text from the catalogue may not be considered fair use. Reuse of the text must be attributed to the "National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London" and a Creative Commons CC-BY-NC-SA-3.0 license may apply if not rewritten. Refer to Royal Museums Greenwich copyright. |
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| Identifier | Greenwich Hospital Collection number: GH190 Loan File Number: Y2000.023 entry number: BHC2853 file number: 4G10.031 id number: BHC2853 |
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| Collection | Oil paintings | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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