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Edmund Burke

(1729-1797), Statesman; orator; author

Mid-Georgian Portraits Catalogue Entry

Sitter associated with 107 portraits
Burke was one of the eighteenth century's leading statesmen, political thinkers and writers. His impact on the Regency age centres on his Reflections on the Revolution in France (1790), a major work opposing the French Revolution which laid the foundations of modern British conservatism. Originally a Whig, he showed liberal support for the North American colonies and Catholic emancipation. Despite his early reputation as a reformer, Burke's Reflections expressed fears that revolutionary ideals would violently destroy essential British traditions and institutions. These views led him to break with the Whigs and side with the Tories, for whom he became a figurehead.

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'The Prince in Clover', by James Gillray, published by  Samuel William Fores - NPG D12363

'The Prince in Clover'

by James Gillray, published by Samuel William Fores
hand-coloured etching, published 2 June 1787
NPG D12363

'The sick prince', by James Gillray, published by  Samuel William Fores - NPG D12365

'The sick prince'

by James Gillray, published by Samuel William Fores
hand-coloured etching, published 16 June 1787
NPG D12365

'Dido forsaken', by James Gillray, published by  Samuel William Fores - NPG D12994

'Dido forsaken'

by James Gillray, published by Samuel William Fores
hand-coloured etching, published 21 May 1787
NPG D12994

'Galante show' (Edmund Burke; Edward Smith Stanley, 12th Earl of Derby), by James Sayers, published by  Thomas Cornell - NPG D7895

'Galante show' (Edmund Burke; Edward Smith Stanley, 12th Earl of Derby)

by James Sayers, published by Thomas Cornell
etching and aquatint, published 6 May 1788
NPG D7895

'Galante show', by James Sayers, published by  Thomas Cornell - NPG D9557

'Galante show'

by James Sayers, published by Thomas Cornell
etching and aquatint, published 6 May 1788
NPG D9557

'The princess's bow alias the Bow Begum', by James Sayers, published by  Thomas Cornell - NPG D9573

'The princess's bow alias the Bow Begum'

by James Sayers, published by Thomas Cornell
etching, published 1 May 1788
NPG D9573

Edmund Burke ('The first charge - exit in fumo'), by James Sayers, published by  Thomas Cornell - NPG D9663

Edmund Burke ('The first charge - exit in fumo')

by James Sayers, published by Thomas Cornell
etching, published 14 April 1788
NPG D9663

'The shadow of opposition', by James Sayers, published by  Thomas Cornell - NPG D12248

'The shadow of opposition'

by James Sayers, published by Thomas Cornell
etching and aquatint, published 31 March 1788
NPG D12248

'The Westminster hunt', by James Gillray, published by  Samuel William Fores - NPG D12376

'The Westminster hunt'

by James Gillray, published by Samuel William Fores
hand-coloured etching, published 27 April 1788
NPG D12376

'Market day', by James Gillray, published by  Samuel William Fores - NPG D12377

'Market day'

by James Gillray, published by Samuel William Fores
hand-coloured etching, published 2 May 1788
NPG D12377

'Galante show' (Edmund Burke; Edward Smith Stanley, 12th Earl of Derby), by James Sayers, published by  Thomas Cornell - NPG D12379

'Galante show' (Edmund Burke; Edward Smith Stanley, 12th Earl of Derby)

by James Sayers, published by Thomas Cornell
etching and aquatint, published 6 May 1788
NPG D12379

'State-jugglers', by James Gillray, published by  Samuel William Fores - NPG D12381

'State-jugglers'

by James Gillray, published by Samuel William Fores
hand-coloured etching, published 16 May 1788
NPG D12381

'Opposition-', by James Gillray, published by  Samuel William Fores - NPG D12382

'Opposition-'

by James Gillray, published by Samuel William Fores
hand-coloured etching, published 20 May 1788
NPG D12382

'The butchers of freedom', by James Gillray, published by  Hannah Humphrey - NPG D12384

'The butchers of freedom'

by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching and aquatint, published July 1788
NPG D12384

'Bubbles of opposition', by James Gillray - NPG D12385

'Bubbles of opposition'

by James Gillray
hand-coloured etching and aquatint, published 19 July 1788
NPG D12385

'Mason, the Duke's confectioner, disposing of the trinkets', by James Gillray, published by  Hannah Humphrey - NPG D12386

'Mason, the Duke's confectioner, disposing of the trinkets'

by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching and aquatint, published 21 July 1788
NPG D12386

'Blood and co., setting fire to the tower, and stealing the crown', by James Gillray, published by  Hannah Humphrey - NPG D12387

'Blood and co., setting fire to the tower, and stealing the crown'

by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching and aquatint, published 26 July 1788
NPG D12387

'Harry Jenkins, the masculine and feminine bellows mender', by James Gillray, published by  Hannah Humphrey - NPG D12388

'Harry Jenkins, the masculine and feminine bellows mender'

by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 29 July 1788
NPG D12388

'The battle of Bow-Street', by James Gillray, published by  Hannah Humphrey - NPG D12998

'The battle of Bow-Street'

by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching and aquatint, published July 1788
NPG D12998

'The comet', by James Sayers, published by  Thomas Cornell - NPG D12251

'The comet'

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 - NPG D12252

'The Regency twelfth cake not cut up'

by James Sayers, published by Thomas Cornell
etching and aquatint, published 19 February 1789
NPG D12252

'Barataria', by James Sayers, published by  Thomas Cornell - NPG D12253

'Barataria'

by James Sayers, published by Thomas Cornell
etching, published 11 March 1789
NPG D12253

'Neddy's black box' (King George IV; King Charles I (head of); Edmund Burke; Richard Brinsley Sheridan), by Thomas Rowlandson, published by  Samuel William Fores - NPG D12397

'Neddy's black box' (King George IV; King Charles I (head of); Edmund Burke; Richard Brinsley Sheridan)

by Thomas Rowlandson, published by Samuel William Fores
hand-coloured etching, published 30 January 1789
NPG D12397

'The funeral procession of Miss Regency', by James Gillray, published by  Samuel William Fores - NPG D13053

'The funeral procession of Miss Regency'

by James Gillray, published by Samuel William Fores
hand-coloured etching, published 29 April 1789
NPG D13053

Edmund Burke, by John Jones, after  George Romney - NPG D32419

Edmund Burke

by John Jones, after George Romney
mezzotint, published 1790
NPG D32419

Edmund Burke, by John Jones, after  George Romney - NPG D11081

Edmund Burke

by John Jones, after George Romney
mezzotint, published 1790
NPG D11081

The Wrangling Friends or Opposition in Disorder, possibly by Isaac Cruikshank, published by  John Nixon, possibly after  Samuel William Fores - NPG D48866

The Wrangling Friends or Opposition in Disorder

possibly by Isaac Cruikshank, published by John Nixon, possibly after Samuel William Fores
hand-coloured etching, published 10 May 1791
NPG D48866

'The impeachment, - or - 'the father of the gang, turnd Kings evidence'', by James Gillray, published by  Samuel William Fores - NPG D12419

'The impeachment, - or - 'the father of the gang, turnd Kings evidence''

by James Gillray, published by Samuel William Fores
hand-coloured etching, published May 1791
NPG D12419

'A uniform whig' (King George III; Edmund Burke), by James Gillray, published by  Hannah Humphrey - NPG D12431

'A uniform whig' (King George III; Edmund Burke)

by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 16 November 1791
NPG D12431

Edmund Burke, by James Hardy, published by  I. Eginton, published by  J.F. Tomkins, after  Sir Joshua Reynolds - NPG D18886

Edmund Burke

by James Hardy, published by I. Eginton, published by J.F. Tomkins, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
stipple engraving, published March 1791 (1774)
NPG D18886

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