A copy by MC Hennel after the original by Peter Angelis (1685-1734), now dated to the 1720s, in the National Portrait Gallery (NPG 624). The original was acquired in 1881 and was on loan to Kensington Palace from 1899-1912.

The ceremony taking place is thought to be the Chapter of the Order of the Garter held by Queen Anne at Kensington Palace, on 4 August 1713; it was held, unusually, at Kensington rather than Windsor, due to the Queen's ill-health. The exact point reached in the ceremony is not clear, but the new Knights, invested with all insignia, have presumably been installed and are being presented to the Queen. The Queen, seated to the right, beneath a green canopy, leans forward to touch the hand of a kneeling Knight of the Garter; who is being presented to her by another knight. Two Yeomen of the Guard stand to the left foreground.

Flemish artist Peter Angelis worked in London from c. 1716-28 and specialized in scenes of Stuart history. He studied with Peter Tillemans, his near contemporary, whose painting of Queen Anne in the House of Lords, c. 1708-14, is in the Royal Collection (RCIN 405301).

Little is known of Hennel, probably Mary C Hennell, who exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1917, her address given as the Children's Convalescent Home, Beaconsfield, Bucks. A painting entitled 'The King's Maundy', dated 1903, by Hennell is in the Royal Collection (RCIN 407869).