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George Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Duke of Sutherland

(1758-1833), Diplomat and magnate

Regency Portraits Catalogue Entry

Sitter in 22 portraits
Politician, art patron and landowner. 'A leviathan of wealth', owner of the Bridgewater canal and an investor in the Manchester-Liverpool railway, he was known for clearing peasant farmers from the Scottish Highland and for constructing a vast network of roads and bridges. He was an early benefactor of the National Gallery and President of the British Institution.

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'Tentanda via est qua me quoque possim tollere humo', by James Gillray, published by  Hannah Humphrey - NPG D13118

'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 Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Duke of Sutherland, by Henry Meyer, published by  T. Cadell & W. Davies, after  John Wright, after  William Owen - NPG D20315

George Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Duke of Sutherland

by Henry Meyer, published by T. Cadell & W. Davies, after John Wright, after William Owen
stipple engraving, published 2 December 1811
NPG D20315

George Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Duke of Sutherland, by Henry Bone, after  Thomas Phillips - NPG D17717

George Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Duke of Sutherland

by Henry Bone, after Thomas Phillips
pencil drawing squared in ink for transfer, September 1820 (1805)
NPG D17717

George Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Duke of Sutherland, by Henry Bone, after  Thomas Phillips - NPG D17724

George Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Duke of Sutherland

by Henry Bone, after Thomas Phillips
pencil drawing squared in ink for transfer, 1820 (1805)
NPG D17724

George Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Duke of Sutherland, by Charles Turner, published by  William Sams, after  William Owen - NPG D41844

George Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Duke of Sutherland

by Charles Turner, published by William Sams, after William Owen
mezzotint, published 1 July 1825
NPG D41844

George Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Duke of Sutherland, by Edward Scriven, after  Henry Corbould, after  John Francis - NPG D40923

George Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Duke of Sutherland

by Edward Scriven, after Henry Corbould, after John Francis
stipple engraving, 1833
NPG D40923

'Mutual Congratulation', by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by  Alfred Ducôte, published by  Thomas McLean - NPG D41178

'Mutual Congratulation'

by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Alfred Ducôte, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 26 February 1833
NPG D41178

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