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Summary

Godfrey Kneller: William Congreve

Artist



Alternative names	Gottfried Kneller, Birth name: Gottfried Kniller
Description	German painter, drawer, engraver and miniaturist
Date of birth/death	8 August 1646	19 October 1723 / 27 October 1723
Location of birth/death	Lübeck	London
Work period	between circa 1660 and circa 1723 date QS:P,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1660-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1723-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Work location	Leiden (circa 1660–1665), Rome, Venice (1672–1675), Nuremberg, Hamburg (1674–1676), London (1676–1723), France (1684–1685)
Authority file	: Q65317 VIAF: 74127041 ISNI: 0000000081545352 ULAN: 500015875 LCCN: n82103048 NLA: 35216965 WorldCat

Title

William Congreve

Object type

painting

Genre

portrait

Description

English: William Congreve, oil painting by Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt (died 1723). See source website for additional information. This set of images was gathered by User:Dcoetzee from the National Portrait Gallery, London website using a special tool. All images in this batch have been confirmed as author died before 1939 according to the official death date listed by the NPG.

Depicted people

William Congreve

Date

1709

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

height: 91.4 cm (35.9 in)

; width: 71.1 cm (27.9 in)

Collection

National Portrait Gallery

	Native name	National Portrait Gallery
	Parent institution	National Portrait Gallery Board of Trustees
	Location	London
	Coordinates	51° 30′ 33.84″ N, 0° 07′ 41.16″ W
	Established	1856
	Website	www.npg.org.uk
	Authority file	: Q238587 VIAF: 165430167 ISNI: 0000000121496058 ULAN: 500226159 LCCN: n79113062 Historic England: 1066285 WorldCat

Accession number

NPG 3199

References

Source/Photographer

National Portrait Gallery: NPG 3199

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	10:49, 18 July 2020	1,195 × 1,536 (330 KB)	Remitamine	Higher resolution version
	22:18, 5 April 2009	392 × 500 (44 KB)	Dcoetzee	Higher res color version
	12:18, 12 July 2006	233 × 300 (15 KB)	Airunp	William Congreve, oil painting by Sir Godfrey Kneller, 1709; in the National Portrait Gallery, London. From en:Image:William Congreve.jpg First uploader Primetime Category:English writers