This monograph examines the most prestigious political paintings created in Britain during the High Baroque age. It investigates a period characterized by numerous social political and religious crises in the years between the restoration of the Stuart monarchy 1660 and the death of the first British monarch from the House of Hanover 1727. On the basis of hitherto unpublished documents the book elucidates the creation and reception of nine major commissions that involved the court private aristo