Thomas Denman, 1st Baron Denman (1779-1854), Lord Chief Justice
Sitter associated with 18 portraits
The Whig MP and Judge Denman held the post of Attorney General (1830) and drafted the Reform Bill of 1832. Success at the bar came slowly and he supplemented his income by literary journalism for the Monthly Review, a Whig magazine. His eloquent defence of Luddites, charged with high treason in 1817, confirmed his liberal principles and brought him to the attention of the Whig aristocracy. In 1819 he took a seat in the House of Commons and was a keen critic of the government's repressive legislation and a supporter of anti-slavery.
Thomas Denman, 1st Baron Denman
by John James Halls
oil on canvas, exhibited 1819
NPG 372
The Trial of Queen Caroline 1820
by Sir George Hayter
oil on canvas, 1820-1823
On display in Room 17 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 999
Thomas Denman, 1st Baron Denman
by Sir George Hayter
pen and ink and wash, 1820
NPG 1695(f)
Thomas Denman, 1st Baron Denman
by Sir Martin Archer Shee
oil on canvas, circa 1832
On display at Royal Courts of Justice, London
NPG 463
Steward's Court of the Manor of Torre Devon
attributed to Theodore Lane, published by George Humphrey
etching, published December 1820
NPG D17911
The Time Piece! & Cunning Jack o' both sides
possibly by (Isaac) Robert Cruikshank, published by George Humphrey
etching, published June 1820
NPG D17928
attributed to Theodore Lane, published by George Humphrey
etching, published 6 August 1821
NPG D17901
Returning Justice lifts aloft her Scale
attributed to Theodore Lane, published by George Humphrey
etching, published 1 June 1821
NPG D17904a
Caroline Fair, or Mat Pudding and his Mountebank
attributed to Theodore Lane, published by George Humphrey
etching, 16 April 1821
NPG D17927
A Scene in the Court of Chancery
by John Doyle, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, 1829
NPG D40962
Thomas Denman, 1st Baron Denman
by Richard James Lane, after Christopher Moore
lithograph, circa 1830-1850 (1828)
NPG D22443
Conspiracy to Blow Up the Parliament
by John Doyle, printed by Alfred Ducôte, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 4 April 1832
NPG D41124
Castor & Pollux (Sir William Horne; Thomas Denman, 1st Baron Denman)
by John Doyle, printed by Alfred Ducôte, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 24 August 1832
NPG D41158
Thomas Denman, 1st Baron Denman
by Thomas Hodgetts, after Thomas Barber
mezzotint, 1832 or after
NPG D1738
A Wild Goose Chase between Two Yellows and Two
by John Doyle, printed by Alfred Ducôte, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 27 March 1834
NPG D41245
by John Doyle, printed by Alfred Ducôte, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 8 April 1834
NPG D41246
Thomas Denman, 1st Baron Denman
by and published by Charles Turner, and published by Anthony Molteno, after John James Halls
stipple engraving, published 3 October 1820
NPG D35021
Thomas Denman, 1st Baron Denman
by and published by William Walker, after Eden Upton Eddis
mezzotint, published 1852
NPG D35022
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