Lot 1430
ATTRIBUTED TO EDMUND LILLY (d.1716) PORTRAIT OF QUEEN ANNE Standing, three quarter length, wearing a pale blue dress and a blue cloak with ermine, the Order of the Garter on a chain around her shoulders, holding a sceptre, oil on canvas 135 x 119cm. Provenance: Earl of Guildford sale, 1980; probably London, Christies, July 12th 1990, lot 48 Literature: Inventory of Waldershare Park, Dover, Kent, no.108 (home of the Earls of Guildford), described as signed and dated 1703 (on base of column on left) * A version of Lilly's popular depiction of the Queen (a 1702 version, full length, is at Stowe; and a 1703 version is in the Collection of the Duke of Marlborough at Blenheim)
