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Sir Godfrey Kneller, 1st Baronet (8 august 1646 - 19 october 1723) was a German-born British painter. The leading portraitist in England during the late Stuart and early Georgian eras, he served as court painter to successive English and British monarchs, including Charles II of England and George I of Great Britain. Kneller also painted scientists such as Isaac Newton, foreign monarchs such as Louis XIV of France and visitors to England such as Michael Shen Fu-Tsung.<br />
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== In the Sherlock Holmes stories ==<br />
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* One of the Baskerville portraits was painted by Kneller ([[HOUN]] {{refcanon|HOUN|3179}}).<br />
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[[Category:Characters (all stories)|Kneller, Sir Godfrey]]<br />
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