George Canning (1770-1827), Prime Minister
Sitter associated with 42 portraits
After a brief period following the Whigs, Canning entered Parliament in 1793 as a disciple of William Pitt. He is remembered as the architect of Britain's liberal foreign policy after the Napoleonic Wars, and for supporting the Greeks in their struggle against the Ottomans and the Latin American colonies against Spain and Portugal. Canning clashed with Lord Castlereagh over war strategy and fought a duel with him in 1809. After Castlereagh's death in 1822 he was again Foreign Secretary until he was appointed Prime Minister in 1827.
by Karl Anton Hickel
oil on canvas, 1793-1795
On display at Palace of Westminster, London
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by Sir Francis Leggatt Chantrey
pencil, circa 1818
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by Sir Francis Leggatt Chantrey
pencil, circa 1818
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by Sir Francis Leggatt Chantrey
marble bust, 1821
On display in Room 20 at the National Portrait Gallery
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by Sir Thomas Lawrence, and completed by Richard Evans
oil on canvas, circa 1825
On display at Palace of Westminster, London
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by Sir Thomas Lawrence
oil on canvas, 1825
On display in Room 20 at the National Portrait Gallery
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'Promis'd horrors of the French invasion, - or - forcible reasons for negotiating a regicide peace'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching and aquatint, published 20 October 1796
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'The state waggoner, and John Bull - or - the waggon too much for the donkeys!'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 14 March 1804
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storming Heaven; - with, the gods alarmed for their everlasting-abodes'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, engraving and aquatint, published 1 May 1804
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by John Young, after John Hoppner
mezzotint, published 1806
NPG D32582
'Political mathematician's, shaking the Broad Bottom'd hemispheres'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching and engraving, published 9 January 1807
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by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 23 February 1807
NPG D12885
'Charon's boat - or - the ghost's of "All the Talents" taking their last voyage'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching and aquatint, published 16 July 1807
NPG D12895
'British tars, towing the Danish fleet into harbour'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 1 October 1807
NPG D12896
'Delicious dreams! - Castles in the air! - Glorious prospects!'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 10 April 1808
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'Broad-bottom drones storming the hive - wasps, hornets & bumble bees, joining in the attack'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 2 May 1808
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by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, engraving and aquatint, published 22 March 1808
NPG D13115
'Disciples catching the mantle: - the spirit of darkness overshadowing the priests of Baal'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 25 June 1808
NPG D13116
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching and aquatint, published 22 February 1809
NPG D12917
'Overthrow of the Republican-Babel'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 1 May 1809
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'An old English-gentleman pester'd by servants wanting places'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 16 May 1809
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'The introduction of the Pope to the convocation at Oxford, by the Cardinal Broad-Bottom'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 1 December 1809
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by William Say, after Sir Thomas Lawrence
mezzotint, published 1813
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by Antoine Maurin, printed by François Le Villain
lithograph, 1820s
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published by Samuel William Fores
hand-coloured etching, published May 1820
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The Time Piece! & Cunning Jack o' both sides
possibly by (Isaac) Robert Cruikshank, published by George Humphrey
etching, published June 1820
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by Mary Dawson Turner (née Palgrave), after Sir Francis Leggatt Chantrey
etching, (1821)
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by Mary Dawson Turner (née Palgrave), after Sir Francis Leggatt Chantrey
etching, (1821)
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by Frederick Christian Lewis Sr, after Abraham Wivell
stipple engraving, published 1824
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by Pierre Louis ('Henri') Grevedon, published by Charles Etienne Pierre Motte
lithograph, 1827
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by Charles Turner, after Sir Thomas Lawrence
mezzotint, published 1827
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by Charles Turner, after Sir Thomas Lawrence
mezzotint, published 1827
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by Antoine Maurin, or by Nicolas Eustache Maurin, printed by Engelmann, Graf, Coindet & Co, published by Godefroy Engelmann
lithograph, published 1827
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The King Commander in Chief; or, the Upset of the Waterloo-man, Bags & Baggage
by John Phillips, published by George Humphrey
coloured etching, published 8 May 1827
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possibly by Thomas Wells Ingram
bronze medal, 1827
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by Unknown artist
bronze medallion, 1827 or after
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by Charles Turner, after Sir Thomas Lawrence
mezzotint, published 1827
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by Charles Turner, after Sir Thomas Lawrence
mezzotint, published 1827
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The Apparition. A Cabinet Picture from the Downing St Collection
by John Doyle, printed by Alfred Ducôte, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published November 1829
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Scene from a Suppressed Tragedy entitled The Turco Greek Conspiracy
by John Doyle, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 18 June 1830
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