Early Georgian Portraits Catalogue

Extended entries from John Kerslake’s Early Georgian Portraits Catalogue

    'A Conversation of Virtuosis...at the Kings Arms',    by Gawen Hamilton,    1735,    NPG 1384,    © National Portrait Gallery, London 'A Conversation of Virtuosis...at the Kings Arms', by Gawen Hamilton, 1735, NPG 1384, © National Portrait Gallery, London

The extended catalogue entries for the sitters below are from the out-of-print National Portrait Gallery collection catalogue: John Kerslake, Early Georgian Portraits, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1977, and appear as published. For the most up-to-date details on individual Collection works, we recommend reading the information provided in the Search the Collection results on this website in parallel with this text.

AISLABIE, John (1670-1742)
ALBANY, Louisa, Countess of (1752-1824)
ALLEN, Ralph (1694-1763)
ANSON, George Anson, 1st Baron (1697-1762)
AYSCOUGH, Francis (1700-1763)

BASKERVILLE, John (1706-1775)
BERKELEY, George (1685-1753)
BIRCH, Thomas (1705-1766)
BOSCAWEN, Edward (1711-1761)
BOULTER, Hugh (1672-1742)
BRADLEY, James (1693-1762)
BRANDENBURG-ANSBACH, Caroline Wilhelmina of (1683-1737)
BURGOYNE, John (1722-1792)
BURLINGTON, Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of (1694-1753)

CANTON, John (1718-1772)
CHANDOS, James Brydges, 1st Duke of (1674-1744)
CHATHAM, William Pitt, 1st Earl of (1708-1778)
CHESTERFIELD, Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of (1694-1773)
CHUBB, Thomas (1679-1747)
CHURCHILL, Charles (1731-1764)
CIBBER, Colley (1671-1757)
CLIVE, Robert Clive, 1st Baron (1725-1774)
COLLET, Joseph (1673-1725)
CORAM, Thomas (1668?-1751)
CORK AND ORRERY, John Boyle, 5th Earl of (1707-1762)
CUMBERLAND, William Augustus, Duke of (1721-1765)

DINWIDDIE, Robert (1693-1770)
DODDRIDGE, Philip (1702-1751)
DODSLEY, Robert (1703-1764)
DOROTHEA, Sophia, Queen of Prussia (1685-1757)

EGMONT, John Perceval, 1st Earl of (1683-1748)

FISHER, Catherine Maria ('Kitty') (c.1741-d. 1767)
FOLKES, Martin (1690-1754)
FORBES OF CULLODEN, Duncan (1685-1747)

GEORGE I (1660-1727)
GEORGE II (1683-1760)
GIBBS, James (1682-1754)
GIBBS, Joseph (1699-1788)
GRANBY, John Manners, Marquess of (1721-1770)
GRANTHAM, Thomas Robinson, 1st Baron (1695-1770)
GRANVILLE, John Carteret, 2nd Earl (1690-1763)
GRAY, Thomas (1716-1771)
GREENE, Maurice (1696-1755)

HALES, Stephen (1677-1761)
HALIFAX, George Montagu Dunk, 2nd Earl of (1716-1771)
HALLEY, Edmond (1656-1742)
HANDEL, George Frideric (1685-1759)
HANWAY, Jonas (1712-1786)
HARDWICKE, Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of (1690-1764)
HARRINGTON, William Stanhope, 1st Earl of (1683?-1756)
HAWKSMOOR, Nicholas (1661-1736)
HAYMAN, Francis (1707 or 1708-1776)
HERRING, Thomas (1693-1757)
HERVEY OF ICKWORTH, John Hervey, Baron (1696-1743)
HOADLY, Benjamin (1676-1761)
HOADLY, John (1711-1776)
HOGARTH, William (1697-1764)
HOLLAND, Henry Fox, 1st Baron (1705-1774)
HOOKE, Nathaniel (d. 1763)
HOUGH, John (1651-1743)

JOHNSON, Maurice (1688-1755)

KENT, William (1685?-1748)
KIRBY, (John) Joshua (1716-1774)

LAWRENCE, Stringer (1697-1775)
LEE, Sir William (1688-1754)
LENS, Bernard (III) (1682-1740)
LEWIS, Frederick, Prince of Wales (1707-1751)
LIGONIER, John Ligonier, 1st Earl (1680-1770)
LOVAT, Simon Fraser, 11th Baron (1667?-1747)
LYTTELTON, George Lyttelton, 1st Baron (1709-1773)

MACARDELL, James (1727 or 1728-1765)
MACKLIN, Charles (1699?-1797)
MACSWINNY (or SWINNY), Owen (1676-1754)
MARISCHAL, George Keith, 10th Earl (1693?-1778)
MEAD, Richard (1673-1754)
MIDDLETON, Conyers (1683-1750)
MILLES, Jeremiah (1714-1784)
MITCHELL, Sir Andrew (1708-1771)
MONTAGU, Lady Mary Wortley (1689-1762)

NASH, Richard ('Beau') (1674-1762)

OGLETHORPE, James Edward (1696-1785)
ONSLOW, Arthur (1691-1768)
ORFORD, Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of (1676-1745)
OXFORD, Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of (1689-1741)

PARSONS, James (1705-1770)
PELHAM, Henry (1695?-1754)
PEPUSCH, John Christopher (1666 or 1667-1752)
POCOCK, Sir George (1706-1792)
POPE, Alexander (1688-1744)
PRICE, Francis (1704?-1753)

QUEENSBERRY, Catherine Douglas (née Hyde), Duchess of (1701-1777)

RAMSAY, Allan (1713-1784)
RICHARDSON, Jonathan (1665-1745)
RICHARDSON, Samuel (1689-1761)
ROUBILIAC, Louis François (1702-1762)
RYSBRACK, John Michael (1694-1770)

SACKVILLE, George Sackville Germain, 1st Viscount (1716-1785)
SAUNDERS(?), John (c.1682?-1747 or after?)
SAXE-GOTHA, Augusta of, Princess of Wales (1719-1772)
SCHEEMAKERS, Peter (1691-1781)
SCOTT, Samuel (1702?-1772)
SECKER, Thomas (1693-1768)
SHENSTONE, William (1714-1763)
SHEPPARD, John (1702-1724)
SLOANE, Sir Hans, Bt (1660-1753)
SMART, Christopher (1722-1771)
SMITH, George (1713-1776)
SMOLLETT, Tobias George (1721-1771)
SOBIESKA, Maria Clementina (1702-1735)
SOMERVILLE, William (1675-1742)
STAPYLTON, Anne (née Waller), Lady (1718-1791)
STEBBING, Henry (1687-1763)
STERNE, Laurence (1713-1768)
STUART, Prince James Francis Edward (1688-1766)
STUART, Princess Louisa Maria Theresa (1692-1712)
STUART, Prince Charles Edward (1720-1788)
STUKELEY, William (1687-1765)
SUFFOLK, Henrietta Howard (née Hobart), Countess of (c.1688-1767)

TALBOT OF HENSOL, Charles Talbot, 1st Baron (1685-1737)
TAYLOR, Brook (1685-1731)
THOMSON, James (1700-1748)
TOWNSHEND, Charles (1725-1767)
TOWNSHEND, Dorothy Viscountess (1686-1726)
TUCKER, Abraham (1705-1774)

VANDERBANK, John (1694-1739)
VERNON, Edward (1684-1757)
VERTUE, George (1683-1756)

WADE, George (1673-1748)
WALDEGRAVE, James Waldegrave, 1st Earl (1685-1741)
WALKER, Thomas (1698-1744)
WARBURTON, William (1698-1779)
WARD, John (1679?-1758)
WARE, Isaac (1704?-1766)
WATTS, Isaac (1674-1748)
WESLEY, John (1703-1791)
WHITEFIELD, George (1714-1770)
WHITEHEAD, Paul (1710-1774)
WIGAN, John (1696-1739)
WILLES, Sir John (1685-1761)
WILLIAMS, Sir Charles Hanbury (1708-1759)
WOFFINGTON, Margaret ('Peg') (1720?-1760)
WOLFE, James (1727-1759)
WOOD, Robert (1716 or 1717-1771)
WYNN, Sir Watkin Williams, 3rd Bt (1692-1749)

YORK, Henry Benedict Maria Clement Stuart, Cardinal (1725-1807)
YORK AND ALBANY, Edward Augustus, Duke of (1739-1767)
YOUNG, Edward (1683-1765)

The Court of Chancery
The ‘Committy of the house of Commons' (the Gaols Committee)
Frederick Prince of Wales and his sisters (‘The Music Party')
‘A Conversation of Virtuosis ... at the Kings Armes.' (A Club of Artists)
Group associated with the Moravian Church