Charles Stanhope, 3rd Earl Stanhope
(1753-1816), Scientist and politician; MP for WycombeRegency Portraits Catalogue Entry
Sitter associated with 46 portraits
Politician, scientist and leading member of the reforming London Revolution Society 1788-91. Stanhope laid out the Society's principles, which asserted that all civil and political authority derived from the people, that the abuse of power justified resistance and that trial by jury, freedom of the press and freedom of elections should always be held sacred. He was satirised in popular prints as 'Citizen Stanhope' because of his democratic principles but the society, though shortlived, was influential in framing Britain's reaction to the French Revolution.
The Death of the Earl of Chatham
by John Singleton Copley
oil on canvas, 1779-1781
NPG L146
Charles Stanhope, 3rd Earl Stanhope
by Ozias Humphry
pastel, 1796
NPG 380
Men of Science Living in 1807-8
by Sir John Gilbert, and Frederick John Skill, and William Walker, and Elizabeth Walker (née Reynolds)
pencil and wash, 1858-1862
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Engraving after 'Men of Science Living in 1807-8'
by George Zobel, and William Walker
engraving, 1862
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Key to engraving after 'Men of Science Living in 1807-8'
by William Walker
engraving, 1862
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Charles Stanhope, 3rd Earl Stanhope
by Thomas Watson, published by Walter Shropshire, after Antoine Daniel Prud'homme
mezzotint, published 1 November 1775
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Charles Stanhope, 3rd Earl Stanhope
by Thomas Watson, after Antoine Daniel Prud'homme
mezzotint, published 1775
NPG D9146
Charles Stanhope, 3rd Earl Stanhope
by James Sayers, published by Charles Bretherton
etching, published 17 June 1782
NPG D9950
'Frontispiece to the 2d Edition of Ld St....e's Observations on Mr Pitt's Plans of Finance'
by James Sayers, published by Thomas Cornell
etching and aquatint, published 29 May 1786
NPG D6871
'Frontispiece to the 2d Edition of Ld St....e's Observations on Mr Pitt's Plans of Finance'
by James Sayers, published by Thomas Cornell
etching and aquatint, published 29 May 1786
NPG D9951
'The repeal of the test act a vision'
by James Sayers, published by Thomas Cornell
etching, published 16 February 1790
NPG D12254
Death of the Earl of Chatham (includes William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham and 55 other sitters)
by Francesco Bartolozzi, after John Singleton Copley
line engraving, published 1791
NPG D18117
'Blue and buff charity; - or - the patriarch of the Greek clergy applying for relief'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 12 June 1793
NPG D13081
by James Sayers, published by Hannah Humphrey
etching, published 17 March 1794
NPG D9952
Charles Stanhope, 3rd Earl Stanhope ('Anacharsis Cloots')
by James Sayers, published by Hannah Humphrey
soft-ground etching, published 12 May 1794
NPG D9954
'John Bull's sacrifice to Janus'
by James Sayers, published by Hannah Humphrey
etching, published 17 March 1794
NPG D12257
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
etching and aquatint, published 3 May 1794
NPG D12487
'The eruption of the mountain, - or - the horrors of the 'Bocca del Inferno'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching and aquatint, published 25 July 1794
NPG D12490
Charles Stanhope, 3rd Earl Stanhope ('The St.....e a Republican gunboat')
by James Sayers, published by Hannah Humphrey
etching, published 14 April 1795
NPG D9953
'French invasion upon Dutch bottoms'
by James Sayers, published by Hannah Humphrey
etching and aquatint, published 14 April 1795
NPG D12260
'The genius of France triumphant, - or - Britannia petitioning for peace'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching and aquatint, published 2 February 1795
NPG D12517
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, engraving and aquatint, published 2 March 1795
NPG D12519
'The prophet of Hebrews, - the prince of peace - conducting the Jews to the promis'd-land'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 2 March 1795
NPG D12520
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 11 May 1795
NPG D12522
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, engraving and aquatint, published 4 June 1795
NPG D12528
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 1 November 1795
NPG D12543
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 21 November 1795
NPG D12548
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, soft-ground etching and engraving, published 30 April 1795
NPG D13083
'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
NPG D12579
'Democratic levelling; - alliance a la françoise; - or - the union of the coronet and clyster-pipe'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 4 March 1796
NPG D12560
'The tree of liberty must be planted immediately!'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 16 February 1797
NPG D12598
'Bank-notes, - paper-money, - French-alarmists, - o, the devil, the devil! - ah! poor John Bull!!!'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 1 March 1797
NPG D12601
'Les membres du Conseil des Cinq Cents'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 18 April 1798
NPG D12637
'Meeting of the monied interest'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching and aquatint, published 13 December 1798
NPG D12672
by James Gillray, published by John Wright
etching, published 1 August 1798
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by James Gillray, published by John Wright
hand-coloured etching, published 1 August 1798
NPG D13094
'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
'Political dreamings! - Visions of peace! - Perspective horrors!'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 9 November 1801
NPG D12769
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 23 May 1802
NPG D13036
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
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching and aquatint, published 22 April 1805
NPG D12842
'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
'Sketch for a monument of disappointed-justice'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 9 July 1806
NPG D12870
'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
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, engraving and aquatint, published 22 March 1808
NPG D13115
Related People
- Lady Hester Lucy Stanhope (daughter)
- Lady Lucy Rachel Stanhope (daughter)
- James Hamilton Stanhope (son)
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