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Sir Matthew Wood, 1st Bt

(1768-1843), Lord Mayor of London

Regency Portraits Catalogue Entry

Sitter associated with 41 portraits
Served as Lord Mayor of London from 1815 to 1817 and was a Whig MP from 1817 to 1843. At the age of fourteen he was apprenticed to his uncle, a chemist and druggist in Exeter. He moved to London in 1790 where he continued in this line of trade. In 1802, he patented a colouring matter for beer and went into business with a hop merchant. As Mayor of London Wood took a lead in many city improvements, and gained popularity for the way in which he promoted resistance to repressive government measures and for his campaign against the London underworld. He laid the foundation of a new debtors' prison in Whitecross Street, and encouraged the construction of the new London Bridge and formation of the Post Office.

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Sir Matthew Wood, 1st Bt, by William Say, after  Arthur William Devis - NPG D11315

Sir Matthew Wood, 1st Bt

by William Say, after Arthur William Devis
mezzotint, (1815-1816)
NPG D11315

Sir Matthew Wood, 1st Bt, by William Say, published by  Josiah Boydell, after  Arthur William Devis - NPG D37015

Sir Matthew Wood, 1st Bt

by William Say, published by Josiah Boydell, after Arthur William Devis
mezzotint, published 1 January 1817 (1815-1816)
NPG D37015

Sir Matthew Wood, 1st Bt ('A view in the Justice Room, Guildhall'), by and published by Richard Dighton, reissued by  Thomas McLean - NPG D8794

Sir Matthew Wood, 1st Bt ('A view in the Justice Room, Guildhall')

by and published by Richard Dighton, reissued by Thomas McLean
hand-coloured etching, published 1819 (1824)
NPG D8794

Sir Matthew Wood, 1st Bt ('A view in the Justice Room, Guildhall'), by and published by Richard Dighton, reissued by  Thomas McLean - NPG D13318

Sir Matthew Wood, 1st Bt ('A view in the Justice Room, Guildhall')

by and published by Richard Dighton, reissued by Thomas McLean
hand-coloured etching, published 1819
NPG D13318

The Broken Crown or, The Disasters of a Green-Bag Chief!!!, by (Isaac) Robert Cruikshank, published by  Orlando Hodgson - NPG D46037

The Broken Crown or, The Disasters of a Green-Bag Chief!!!

by (Isaac) Robert Cruikshank, published by Orlando Hodgson
hand-coloured etching and letterpress, circa November-December 1820
NPG D46037

'The Radicals last Effort!!!', by Unknown artist, published by  G.W. Fortnum - NPG D48669

'The Radicals last Effort!!!'

by Unknown artist, published by G.W. Fortnum
hand-coloured etching, circa 1820
NPG D48669

Steward's Court of the Manor of Torre Devon, attributed to Theodore Lane, published by  George Humphrey - NPG D48675

Steward's Court of the Manor of Torre Devon

attributed to Theodore Lane, published by George Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published December 1820
NPG D48675

Steward's Court of the Manor of Torre Devon, attributed to Theodore Lane, published by  George Humphrey - NPG D17911

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 - NPG D17928

The Time Piece! & Cunning Jack o' both sides

possibly by (Isaac) Robert Cruikshank, published by George Humphrey
etching, published June 1820
NPG D17928

Mother Wood, the Popular Procuress-! (Sir Matthew Wood, 1st Bt), by (Isaac) Robert Cruikshank, published by  George Humphrey - NPG D17930

Mother Wood, the Popular Procuress-! (Sir Matthew Wood, 1st Bt)

by (Isaac) Robert Cruikshank, published by George Humphrey
etching, published 24 June 1820
NPG D17930

A Wooden Substitute, or Any Port in a Storm, attributed to Theodore Lane, published by  George Humphrey - NPG D10847

A Wooden Substitute, or Any Port in a Storm

attributed to Theodore Lane, published by George Humphrey
coloured etching, published 19 January 1821
NPG D10847

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