John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough Flemish formerly in the Ortolani collection

formerly in the Ortolani collection

1762 the picture recorded in 1791-2 is probably identical or similar to one of the portraits tentatively identified as her (Mannings and Postle

Probably painted c

in which he was a colleague of William Cartwright the younger

The portrait was presumably painted in India (i

John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough Flemish formerly in the Ortolani collectionJohn Churchill (1650 1722), first Duke of Marlborough, defeated the French at Blenheim 1704, Ramillies 1706, Oudenarde 1708 and Malplaquet 1709. An exceedingly crude derivation from a portrait by Kneller, it was rightly described in Sparkes and Carver 1890 as a 'wretched painting, intended for a representation of the Duke of Marlborough, [it] deserves notice only from its association with a great name. It could otherwise have no title to a place in