George Tierney
(1761-1830), Politician; MP for Southwark and KnaresboroughRegency Portraits Catalogue Entry
Sitter associated with 51 portraits
An opponent of Pitt, with whom he fought a duel in 1798. Tierney was leader of the Whig opposition, 1812-21, and Master of the Mint under Canning in 1827.
'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
'An old English-gentleman pester'd by servants wanting places'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 16 May 1809
NPG D12922
'Tentanda via est qua me quoque possim tollere humo'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, engraving and aquatint, published 8 August 1810
NPG D13118
George Tierney ('An Opposition Right Honorable')
by and published by Richard Dighton, reissued by Thomas McLean
hand-coloured etching, published 1827
NPG D47092
George Tierney ('An Opposition Right Honorable')
by and published by Richard Dighton, reissued by Thomas McLean
hand-coloured etching, published 1827
NPG D13351
by Henry Heath, published by Samuel William Fores
hand-coloured etching, published 12 February 1828
NPG D46036
by Henry Heath, published by Samuel William Fores
hand-coloured etching, published 1 February 1828
NPG D48713
by Richard James Lane, printed by Charles Joseph Hullmandel, after William Henry Hunt
lithograph, 1830 (1821)
NPG D21946
by William Nutter, published by A.E. Evans & Son, after Lemuel Francis Abbott
stipple engraving, published circa 1857
NPG D19248
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