King William IV (1765-1837), Reigned 1830-7
Sitter associated with 134 portraits
William IV ruled from 1830-37. He succeeded to the throne just as the campaign for Parliamentary reform reached its peak. He reluctantly created the extra Whig peers needed to pass the Reform Act in 1832. On his death, Victoria his niece became queen. Despite having ten illegitimate children from his twenty-year relationship with Mrs Jordan, William had no heir from his official marriage to Princess Adelaide.
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 11 October 1791
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'The devil to pay; - the wife metamorphos'd, or Neptune reposing, after fording the Jordan'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 24 October 1791
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by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 1 November 1791
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after Sir Thomas Lawrence
photograph of painting, (1792-1793)
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'Vices overlook'd in the new proclamation'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 24 May 1792
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published by Robert Laurie, published by James Whittle
mezzotint, published 12 May 1794
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King William IV ('Naval eloquence')
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
etching, published 6 January 1795
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King William IV ('A true British tar')
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 28 May 1795
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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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'La promenade en famille - a sketch from life'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 23 April 1797
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by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, engraving and aquatint, published 18 May 1797
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by Isaac Cruikshank, published by Samuel William Fores
hand-coloured etching, published 20 May 1797
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King William IV when Duke of Clarence
by John Chapman, after Unknown artist
stipple engraving, published 1 June 1800
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by James Ward, after Sir Martin Archer Shee
mezzotint, 1801
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by James Ward, after Sir Martin Archer Shee
mezzotint, 1801
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King William IV ('An illustrious character')
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 1 November 1802
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King William IV ('The royal lounger')
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 26 June 1804
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'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
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by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching and aquatint, published 7 January 1805
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'End of the Irish farce of Catholic Emancipation'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching and aquatint, published 17 May 1805
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Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn (brother)
Queen Victoria (niece)
Category
Royalty, Rulers and Aristocracy
Groups
Monarchs
Place
Berkshire
