Edward Smith Stanley, 12th Earl of Derby
(1752-1834), Sportsman and patron of horse-racingSitter associated with 65 portraits
'Exhibition of a democratic-transparency, - with its effect upon patriotic feelings'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching and aquatint, published 15 April 1799
NPG D13096
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 21 January 1801
NPG D12754
'Preliminaries of peace! - or - John Bull, and his little friends "marching to Paris"'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 6 October 1801
NPG D12768
'Political dreamings! - Visions of peace! - Perspective horrors!'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 9 November 1801
NPG D12769
'Dilettanti-theatricals: - or - a peep at the green room'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured soft-ground etching, published 18 February 1803
NPG D13099
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
NPG D13106
'L'assemblée nationale: - or - grand cooperation meeting at St Ann's Hill'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 18 June 1804
NPG D13107
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching and aquatint, published 7 August 1804
NPG D13108
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching and aquatint, published 7 January 1805
NPG D12839
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching and aquatint, published 22 April 1805
NPG D12842
'End of the Irish farce of Catholic Emancipation'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching and aquatint, published 17 May 1805
NPG D13110
by Charles Williams, published by Samuel William Fores
hand-coloured etching, published March 1806
NPG D47472
'Tiddy-doll, the great French-gingerbread-baker; drawing out a new batch of kings'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 23 January 1806
NPG D12857
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 5 March 1806
NPG D12861
'Bruin in his boat, - or - the manager in distress'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 20 June 1806
NPG D12869
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching and aquatint, published 28 July 1806
NPG D12871
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 9 May 1806
NPG D12908
'The pigs possessed: - or - the Broad Bottom'd litter running headlong into ye sea of perdition'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 18 April 1807
NPG D12888
'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
NPG D12906
'The apples and the horse-turds; - or - Buonaparte among the golden pippins'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 24 February 1808
NPG D13033
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, engraving and aquatint, published 22 March 1808
NPG D13115
'The life of William Cobbett - written by himself. No 6'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 29 September 1809
NPG D12929
Edward Smith Stanley, 12th Earl of Derby
probably by William Derby, after Thomas Gainsborough
pencil, circa 1835-1842 (in or after 1785)
NPG D23123
Edward Smith Stanley, 12th Earl of Derby
by George H. Every, after Henry Graves & Co, after Thomas Gainsborough
mezzotint, published 1871
NPG D35035
by James Sayers, published by Thomas Cornell
etching, published 22 July 1785
NPG D5876
Related People
- John Burgoyne (uncle)
- Edward Stanley, 11th Earl of Derby (grandfather)
- Elizabeth Stanley (née Hamilton), Countess of Derby (wife)
- Elizabeth (née Farren), Countess of Derby (wife)
- Edward Smith Stanley, 13th Earl of Derby (son)
- Edward Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby (grandson)
- Lady Louisa Emily Long (née Stanley) (granddaughter)
- Lady Charlotte-Elizabeth Penryhn (née Stanley) (granddaughter)
- Hon. Henry Thomas Stanley (grandson)
- Lucy Stanley (née Smith) (mother)
- James Smith Stanley, Lord Strange (father)
- Mary Margaret Egerton (née Stanley), Countess of Wilton (daughter)
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