George Canning
(1770-1827), Prime MinisterRegency Portraits Catalogue Entry
Sitter associated with 64 portraits
A brilliant Tory statesman and orator, but distrusted for his opportunism and inconsistency. After a brief period following the Whigs, Canning entered Parliament in 1793 as a disciple of William Pitt. He is remembered as the architect of Britain's liberal foreign policy after the Napoleonic Wars, and for supporting the Greeks in their struggle against the Ottomans and the Latin American colonies against Spain and Portugal. Canning clashed with Lord Castlereagh over war strategy and fought a duel with him in 1809. After Castlereagh's death in 1822 he became Foreign Secretary again. Prime Minister in 1827, he died within four months.
'Overthrow of the Republican-Babel'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 1 May 1809
NPG D12921
'An old English-gentleman pester'd by servants wanting places'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 16 May 1809
NPG D12922
'The introduction of the Pope to the convocation at Oxford, by the Cardinal Broad-Bottom'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 1 December 1809
NPG D12933
by William Say, after Sir Thomas Lawrence
mezzotint, published 1813
NPG D32588
by Antoine Maurin, printed by François Le Villain
lithograph, 1820s
NPG D32587
The Milan Garland or Revels round the Vice Post
by Charles Williams, published by John Johnston
hand-coloured etching, published July 1820
NPG D46028
by Unknown artist, published by Thomas Dolby
hand-coloured etching, published circa 1820
NPG D48670
The Cauldron or Shakespeare Travestie 1820
published by John Fairburn
hand-coloured etching, published August 1820
NPG D48672
'Royal Gambols!! or the Old Oak in Danger'
published by John Fairburn
hand-coloured etching, published September 1820
NPG D48674
The Time Piece! & Cunning Jack o' both sides
possibly by (Isaac) Robert Cruikshank, published by George Humphrey
etching, published June 1820
NPG D17928
by Mary Dawson Turner (née Palgrave), after Sir Francis Leggatt Chantrey
etching, (1821)
NPG D22563
by William Heath, published by Samuel William Fores
hand-coloured etching, published circa January 1821
NPG D48676
by Mary Dawson Turner (née Palgrave), after Sir Francis Leggatt Chantrey
etching, (1821)
NPG D15490
Diplomatic smuggling or birth day April fools
by William Heath, published by Samuel William Fores
etching, published 27 April 1823
NPG D46375
by Frederick Christian Lewis Sr, after Abraham Wivell
stipple engraving, published 1824
NPG D32581
by Henri Grevedon, published by Charles Etienne Pierre Motte
lithograph, 1827
NPG D32580
by Charles Turner, after Sir Thomas Lawrence
mezzotint, published 1827
NPG D32584
by Charles Turner, after Sir Thomas Lawrence
mezzotint, published 1827
NPG D32585
by Antoine Maurin, or by Nicolas Eustache Maurin, printed by Engelmann, Graf, Coindet & Co, published by Godefroy Engelmann
lithograph, published 1827
NPG D32586
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