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| Artist | Michael Dahl (1659-1743) |
| Title | Sir Joseph Jekyll (1663-1738) Master of the Rolls |
| Date | 1717 |
| Medium | Oil on canvas |
| Exhibition | 1867, National Portrait Gallery (lent by John Romilly, first Baron Romilly (Master of the Rolls from 1851 to 1873) |
| Dimensions | height: 77.00 cm, width: 64.00 cm |
| Inscription | Instr:Sr.Joseph Jekyll Rr Master of the Rolls Ad1717 Died Ad 1738 |
| Acquisition | Transferred from the Royal Courts of Justice, November 1960 |
| Location | UK, London, Government Art Collection |
| GAC number | 5395 |
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 | Sir Joseph Jekyll (1663-1738) Master of the Rolls | Engraving GAC 4505 |
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This is a version of Michael Dahl’s original portrait of former Master of the Rolls Sir Joseph Jekyll, which is in the collection of the Middle Temple in London. The portrait was engraved by George Vertue in 1731 and examples of the engraving are held in the Government Art Collection, the National Portrait Gallery and the British Museum.
In 1867 this painting was lent to an exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery by John Romilly, first Baron Romilly, Master of the Rolls from 1851 to 1873.
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Sir Joseph Jekyll
| Sir Joseph Jekyll (1663-1738) Master of the Rolls | Engraving GAC 4505 |
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Michael Dahl was born in Stockholm and moved to temporarily to London in 1682, settling there for good in 1689. By 1700 he was considered to be the most highly-patronised portrait painter in London, after Godfrey Kneller, enjoying his greatest success during the reign of Queen Anne, from 1702 to 1714. He died in London in October 1743.