Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Bt
(1788-1850), Prime MinisterEarly Victorian Portraits Catalogue Entry
Sitter associated with 323 portraits
Statesman; leader of the Tory Party; Prime Minister, 1834-5, 1839, and 1841-6, his last administration one of the greatest of the period; resigned after splitting his party with his decision to repeal the Corn Laws; the dominant political figure of the 1840s.
by Charles Jameson Grant, published by S. Gans
hand-coloured etching, published February 1831
NPG D48845
The Champions of Reform destroying the Monster of Corruption
published by George Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 12 March 1831
NPG D48846
Those Fellows are a Great Nuisance - I can't see, haven't got my Spectacles Bob
by William Heath, published by Thomas McLean
hand-coloured etching, published 27 March 1831
NPG D48847
The Reformers' Attack on the Old Rotten Tree; or the Foul Nests of the Cormorants in Danger
published by E. King
hand-coloured etching, published circa April 1831
NPG D48848
The Charles Street Conspiracy (no. 10) or the Devil and the Tories
by Charles Jameson Grant, published by Gabriel Shire Tregear
hand-coloured lithograph, published 28 April 1831
NPG D48850
The Dissolution of Aristocratic Tyranny. or Vox Populi, Vox Dei
by Henry Heath, published by Samuel William Fores
hand-coloured etching, published circa May 1831
NPG D48851
The Head Master turning out the Incorrigibles
by Henry Heath, published by S. Gans
hand-coloured etching, published circa May 1831
NPG D48852
The Swell Mob Milling the Glaze
by William Heath, published by Thomas McLean
hand-coloured etching, published 2 May 1831
NPG D48853
The Boro'mongers Remedy for an Obstinate Tenant
by Charles Jameson Grant, published by E. King
hand-coloured etching, published 3 May 1831
NPG D48854
by Robert Seymour, printed by Charles Etienne Pierre Motte, published by Thomas McLean
hand-coloured lithograph, published 1 September 1831
NPG D48855
This is not Mr Liston in the Character of Maw-worm
by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Alfred Ducôte, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 4 February 1832
NPG D41113
by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Alfred Ducôte, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 1 March 1832
NPG D41117
by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Alfred Ducôte, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 1 August 1832
NPG D41151
The Modern Canute, or the Just Rebuke
by Criticus
hand-coloured lithograph, circa 1832
NPG D46051
A sketch for a National Monument, or William the Fourth on his Grey Charger
probably by T.C. Wilson, published by Samuel William Fores
hand-coloured lithograph, circa May 1832
NPG D46054
The managers last kick, or, the distruction of the boroughmongers
by Charles Jameson Grant, printed by John Quick
woodcut, circa 1832
NPG D46370
The Reformers Victorious!!! or the Tory Gang Upset
published by John Fairburn
hand-coloured etching, published circa 1832
NPG D48856
The Degraded Recruiting Sergeant
by Henry Heath, published by Samuel William Fores
hand-coloured lithograph, published 1832
NPG D48857
by Charles Jameson Grant, published by George Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published circa 1832
NPG D48858
by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Alfred Ducôte, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 14 January 1833
NPG D41172
Related People
- Julia Caroline (née Stonor), Marquise d'Hautpoul de Seyre (granddaughter)
- Julia Child-Villiers (née Peel), Countess of Jersey (daughter)
- Herbert Richard Peel (nephew)
- Julia (née Floyd), Lady Peel (wife)
- Laurence Peel (brother)
- Sir Robert Peel, 1st Bt (father)
- Sir Robert Peel, 3rd Bt (son)
- Eliza Stonor (née Peel) (daughter)
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