[2] He is shown dressed as Lord High Admiral, a position he had been forced to resign from during the Exclusion Crisis of 1673 but had lately been effectively restored to by his brother during the Tory Reaction of the early 1680s.

[3] The following year James succeeded his brother but only reigned until 1688 when he was overthrown in the Glorious Revolution.

He spent the remainder of his life in France and Ireland as his Jacobite supporters attempted to restore him to the throne.

Today it is in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery in London, having been acquired in 1882.

[4] Isaac Beckett produced a mezzotint based on Kneller's portrait.