Thank you, Nellie, Arthur (especially for his comment about Horace Walpole and paintings/portraits) and Beth.
I would suppose Horace Walpole lived in the same time period as Queen Anne (regnant), which is good, but when he made that comment linking necklaces to Queens Caroline and Anne, did he see Queen Anne wearing her necklace in person himself or was he directly informed about the source behind those necklaces by the Queen herself or from close sources to her or perhaps he learned about those necklaces from another source, such as newspapers of the day?
I wonder if any old newspaper prior to 1900 would mention information about those necklaces. I will check the Library of Congress newspaper collection to see if any newspaper made mentions of them.
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