The Lady Copley

c. 1682 – 1702

A house on the Great Piazza, Covent Garden

For about twenty years he lives at No. 1617, the Great Piazza, Covent Garden; his studio manager is Edward Byng. His studio turns out portraits on an almost industrial scale, working from a brief sketch of the face with the rest completed by pupils and assistants, and Kneller can receive up to fourteen sitters in a single day.

1685

Daughter born: Agnes Voss (or Catherine, later Huckle)

9 November 1695

Honorary Doctor of Civil Law at Oxford

In the presence of the King, the University of Oxford confers on Kneller the honorary degree of Doctor of Civil Law.

1700

Knight of the Holy Roman Empire

Emperor Leopold I creates Kneller a Knight of the Holy Roman Empire.

early 1700s

Justice of the Peace for Middlesex

Besides painting, he serves as a Justice of the Peace for the county of Middlesex; he is said to have had a shrewd wit and sound judgment and to have dispensed a rough-and-ready equity that commanded respect. Among his cases was a well-known entrapment trial, immortalised by Alexander Pope in a satire published in 1737.

23 January 1704

Marriage to Susanna Grave

At St Bride's Church in London he marries a widow, Susanna Grave, daughter of the Reverend John Cawley, Archdeacon of Lincoln, and granddaughter of the regicide William Cawley. The couple had no children.