Edmund Burke (1729 or 1730-1797), Statesman
Sitter associated with 103 portraits
Burke was one of the eighteenth century's leading statesmen, political thinkers and writers. His impact on the Regency age centres on his Reflections on the Revolution in France (1790), a major work opposing the French Revolution which laid the foundations of modern British conservatism. Originally a Whig, he showed liberal support for the North American colonies and Catholic emancipation. Despite his early reputation as a reformer, Burke's Reflections expressed fears that revolutionary ideals would violently destroy essential British traditions and institutions. These views led him to break with the Whigs and side with the Tories, for whom he became a figurehead.
'Thunder, lightning and smoke'
published by William Moore, and published by W. Dickie
hand-coloured etching, published 22 April 1783
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'Neithe[r] war nor peace!' (Charles James Fox; Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford; Edmund Burke)
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
etching, published 9 March 1783
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'Carlo Khan's triumphal entry into Leadenhall Street'
by James Sayers, published by Thomas Cornell
etching, published 5 December 1783
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by James Sayers, published by Thomas Cornell
etching, published 12 January 1784
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'General Blackbeard wounded at the battle of Leadenhall'
by John Boyne, published by Edward Hedges
etching, published 5 January 1784
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by Thomas Rowlandson, published by William Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 29 April 1784
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'[Burke] on the sublime and beautiful'
by James Sayers, published by Thomas Cornell
etching, published 6 April 1785
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by James Sayers, published by Thomas Cornell
etching, published 7 June 1785
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'Morning preparation' (Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford; Charles James Fox; Edmund Burke)
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching and aquatint, published 25 February 1785
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'Evening consolation' (Edmund Burke; Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford; Charles James Fox)
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching and aquatint, published 25 February 1785
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'Westminster school. or - Dr Busby settling accounts with Master-Billy and his playmates'
by James Gillray, published by James Ridgway
hand-coloured etching, published 4 February 1785
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'The political-banditti assailing the saviour of India'
by James Gillray, published by William Holland
hand-coloured etching, published 11 May 1786
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'The impeachment' (Warren Hastings; Edmund Burke)
by James Sayers, published by Thomas Cornell
etching and aquatint, published 17 March 1786
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'Wife & no wife - or - a trip to the Continent'
by James Gillray, published by William Holland
hand-coloured etching, published 27 March 1786
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'A shot at the min....r for a call of the House'
by James Sayers, published by Thomas Cornell
etching, published 6 February 1787
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'A puerile attack upon an old servant'
by James Sayers, published by Thomas Cornell
etching and aquatint, published 17 March 1787
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'Anticipation, or the approaching fate of the French Commercial Treaty'
by James Gillray, published by William Holland
hand-coloured etching, published 1787?
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by James Gillray, published by Samuel William Fores
hand-coloured etching, published 2 June 1787
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by James Gillray, published by Samuel William Fores
hand-coloured etching, published 2 June 1787
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by James Gillray, published by Samuel William Fores
hand-coloured etching, published 16 June 1787
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