68 Queen of Prussia (_907_) . . . . . ANTON GRAFF?

Seated in a high-backed armchair covered with blue velvet; she is

turned to the left, but faces in front. Her right hand rests on a

table beside her, and points to a book; her left hangs by her side.

She is dressed in black trimmed with ermine, and her head is

covered with a black lace veil. Her hair is white. On canvas, 4 ft.

7 in. high, by 3 ft. 3 in. wide.

This is attributed in the _Royal Inventory_ to Graff, a German

painter who flourished at the end of the last century.

Is she Sophia Dorothea, sister of George II., who married, in 1706,

William I., King of Prussia, and who died in 1757?

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