John Hervey, 1st Earl of Bristol (1665-1751) (after Sir Godfrey Kneller)

Enoch Seeman the younger (Gda?sk c.1694 – London 1744). Oil painting on canvas, John Hervey, 1st Earl of Bristol (1665-1751) (after Sir Godfrey Kneller) by Enoch Seeman the younger (Gda?sk c.1694 – London 1744). 1738. Full-length portrait, standing, turned slightly to the left, gazing at the spectator, his right hand on his hip, his left resting on a table bearing an earl’s coronet, wearing peer's robes for the coronation of George I. Architectural background with large column on the right. Founder of the family’s 18th-century fortunes, he dramatically expanded the Hervey estates by marrying two heiresses: Isabella Carr and Elizabeth Felton. Having made his name at court as a Whig supporter of the Hanoverian succession, he retired to Ickworth after his elevation to the Earldom in 1714. Painted in 1738, but based on Kneller’s likeness of him as a much younger man. Ickworth, Suffolk (Accredited Museum)