William Henry Cavendish Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland
(1738-1809), Prime MinisterSitter associated with 32 portraits
The Death of the Earl of Chatham
by John Singleton Copley
oil on canvas, 1779-1781
NPG L146
William Henry Cavendish Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland; Lord Edward Charles Bentinck
by John Raphael Smith, after Benjamin West
mezzotint, published 1774
NPG D40372
William Henry Cavendish Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland; Lord Edward Charles Bentinck
by and published by John Raphael Smith, after Benjamin West
mezzotint, published 25 November 1774
NPG D19986
by James Sayers, published by Thomas Cornell
etching, published 5 May 1783
NPG D9567
'Razor's levée, or ye heads of a new Whig ad...........n on a broad bottom'
by James Sayers, published by Thomas Cornell
etching, published 21 April 1783
NPG D12233
by James Gillray, published by William Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 3 April 1783
NPG D12333
by John Boyne, published by Edward Hedges
etching, published 22 December 1783
NPG D12343
by James Sayers, published by Thomas Cornell
etching, published 12 January 1784
NPG D12234
'General Blackbeard wounded at the battle of Leadenhall'
by John Boyne, published by Edward Hedges
etching, published 5 January 1784
NPG D12344
William Henry Cavendish Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland
by John Murphy, published by William Austin, and published by William Dickinson, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
mezzotint, published 31 March 1785
NPG D40376
William Henry Cavendish Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland
by John Murphy, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
mezzotint, published 1785
NPG D40377
by James Sayers, published by Thomas Cornell
etching, published 7 June 1785
NPG D12238
by Noble, after Dodd
line engraving, circa 1787
NPG D15955
by James Gillray, published by Samuel William Fores
hand-coloured etching, published 2 May 1788
NPG D12377
by James Gillray, published by Samuel William Fores
hand-coloured etching, published 20 May 1788
NPG D12382
by James Gillray
hand-coloured etching and aquatint, published 19 July 1788
NPG D12385
by James Gillray, published by Samuel William Fores
hand-coloured etching, published 4 June 1788
NPG D13065
by James Sayers, published by Thomas Cornell
etching and aquatint, published 18 February 1789
NPG D12251
'The Regency twelfth cake not cut up'
by James Sayers, published by Thomas Cornell
etching and aquatint, published 19 February 1789
NPG D12252
'Mr Burke's pair of spectacles for short-sighted politicians'
by James Sayers, published by Thomas Cornell
etching and aquatint, published 12 May 1791
NPG D9559
Related People
- Lord Edward Charles Bentinck (brother)
- Lord William Cavendish Bentinck (son)
- William Bentinck, 2nd Duke of Portland (father)
- Margaret Cavendish Bentinck (née Harley), Duchess of Portland (mother)
- Dorothy Bentinck (née Cavendish), Duchess of Portland (wife)
- William Henry Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck, 4th Duke of Portland (son)
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