QUEEN MARY - BY JOHN FABER JNR AFTER G. KNELLER.

Fine and diminutive mezzotint portrait of Mary of Modena Queen of Great Britain (1638 - 1705)

The monarch is depicted bust length in semi-circular niche with titles and dates below. From John Faber the Younger's series of ten plates of English Kings and Queens, from William I to Prince William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland.

Roman Catholic Queen of James II and only daughter of Alfonso IV, Duke of Modena, Mary intended to enter a convent until her marriage with James (1673). She then dedicated herself to the conversion of England, but her support of her husband's pro-Catholic policies made her unpopular. The fear of a Catholic succession to the throne, caused by the birth of their son James Francis Edward in 1688, led to the invitation of William of Orange to England.

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Sheet: 12.5cm x by 17.5cm          Framed: 26xcm x 21cm

Price: £520