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 Henry William Pickersgill
oil on canvas
NPG 3796
Study for 'Patrons and Lovers of Art'
by Pieter Christoffel Wonder
oil on canvas, circa 1830
NPG 795
by Sir Francis Leggatt Chantrey
pencil, circa 1833
NPG 316a(99)
attributed to (Isaac) Robert Cruikshank
pencil and sepia wash, circa 1835
NPG 2789
Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Bt showing his pictures
by Jemima Blackburn (née Wedderburn)
watercolour, 1844
NPG 2772(28a)
The Fine Arts Commissioners, 1846
by John Partridge
oil on canvas, circa 1846-1853
NPG 342
'The Fine Arts Commissioners, 1846'
by John Partridge
oil on paper, circa 1846
NPG 343a
Sketch for 'The Fine Arts Commissioners, 1846'
by Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
pencil, circa 1846
NPG 343b
reduced version by Matthew Noble
marble bust, 1851, based on a work of 1850
NPG 596a
by Matthew Noble
marble bust, 1851
NPG 596
Key to 'The Fine Arts Commissioners, 1846'
by Sir George Scharf
pen and ink and wash, 1872
NPG 343c
by Sydney Prior Hall
pencil
NPG 2378
Diplomatic smuggling or birth day April fools
by William Heath, published by Samuel William Fores
etching, published 27 April 1823
NPG D46375
The King Commander in Chief; or, the Upset of the Waterloo-man, Bags & Baggage
by John Phillips, published by George Humphrey
coloured etching, published 8 May 1827
NPG D10676
The Pilot Lost and the National Steamboat in Danger
by Charles Williams, published by Samuel Knight (Knights)
hand-coloured etching, published August 1827
NPG D46027
by Henry Heath, published by John Fairburn
hand-coloured etching, published 29 April 1827
NPG D46032
by John ('HB') Doyle, published by Thomas McLean
hand coloured etching and aquatint, published 1827
NPG D48688
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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