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Ernest Augustus, Duke of Cumberland and King of Hanover

(1771-1851), Son of George III

Regency Portraits Catalogue Entry

Sitter in 85 portraits
Fifth son of George III, Ernest Augustus served in the English and Hanoverian armies during the war with France. He was created Duke of Cumberland in 1799. He entered the House of Lords as an ardent Tory who opposed Catholic emancipation and the Reform Act. His repressive politics and private influence over the Prince Regent, made the Duke the subject of much popular resentment. In 1810, amid rumours of incest and the murder of his valet, he suffered an assassination attempt. When William IV died in 1837, Cumberland succeeded as Ernest I of Hanover under Salic law which excluded Queen Victoria as a woman.

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An Unsuccessful Appeal, by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Charles Etienne Pierre Motte, published by Thomas McLean - NPG D41019

An Unsuccessful Appeal

by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Charles Etienne Pierre Motte, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 25 September 1830
NPG D41019

Guy Fawkes or The Anniversary of the Popish Plot, by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Charles Etienne Pierre Motte, published by Thomas McLean - NPG D41023

Guy Fawkes or The Anniversary of the Popish Plot

by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Charles Etienne Pierre Motte, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 9 November 1830
NPG D41023

Evidently Not Content, by John ('HB') Doyle, published by Thomas McLean - NPG D41032

Evidently Not Content

by John ('HB') Doyle, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 7 December 1830
NPG D41032

Do Mischief in Haste and Repent at Leisure, published by Orlando Hodgson - NPG D48796

Do Mischief in Haste and Repent at Leisure

published by Orlando Hodgson
hand-coloured lithograph, 1830 or after
NPG D48796

'Great Connoiseurs [Connoisseurs] examining a celebrated Cabinet Picture' (Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington; Elizabeth Conyngham (née Denison), Marchioness Conyngham; King George IV; Ernest Augustus, Duke of Cumberland and King of Hanover), by Thomas Howell Jones, published by Samuel William Fores - NPG D48800

'Great Connoiseurs [Connoisseurs] examining a celebrated Cabinet Picture' (Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington; Elizabeth Conyngham (née Denison), Marchioness Conyngham; King George IV; Ernest Augustus, Duke of Cumberland and King of Hanover)

by Thomas Howell Jones, published by Samuel William Fores
hand-coloured etching, published circa February 1830
NPG D48800

Query:- A Cracked or Base Sovereign, by H.H.R., published by John Fairburn - NPG D48817

Query:- A Cracked or Base Sovereign

by H.H.R., published by John Fairburn
hand-coloured etching, published June 1830
NPG D48817

Anticipation. Honi soit qui mal y pense, possibly by Thomas Howell Jones, published by Samuel William Fores - NPG D48828

Anticipation. Honi soit qui mal y pense

possibly by Thomas Howell Jones, published by Samuel William Fores
hand-coloured etching, published circa August 1830
NPG D48828

The Last of the Boroughbridges, by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Charles Etienne Pierre Motte, published by Thomas McLean - NPG D41047

The Last of the Boroughbridges

by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Charles Etienne Pierre Motte, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 7 March 1831
NPG D41047

Argumentum Ad Hominem (William Frederick, 2nd Duke of Gloucester; Ernest Augustus, Duke of Cumberland and King of Hanover), by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Charles Etienne Pierre Motte, published by Thomas McLean - NPG D41052

Argumentum Ad Hominem (William Frederick, 2nd Duke of Gloucester; Ernest Augustus, Duke of Cumberland and King of Hanover)

by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Charles Etienne Pierre Motte, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 25 March 1831
NPG D41052

Leap Frog Down Constitution Hill, by John ('HB') Doyle, published by Thomas McLean - NPG D41055

Leap Frog Down Constitution Hill

by John ('HB') Doyle, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 13 April 1831
NPG D41055

Anticipated Radical Meeting, by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Charles Etienne Pierre Motte, published by Thomas McLean - NPG D41056

Anticipated Radical Meeting

by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Charles Etienne Pierre Motte, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 20 April 1831
NPG D41056

May Day, by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Charles Etienne Pierre Motte, published by Thomas McLean - NPG D41060

May Day

by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Charles Etienne Pierre Motte, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 4 May 1831
NPG D41060

Another Ominous Conjunction, by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Charles Etienne Pierre Motte, published by Thomas McLean - NPG D41076

Another Ominous Conjunction

by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Charles Etienne Pierre Motte, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 14 July 1831
NPG D41076

A Grateful Specimen of The Retort Courteous, by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Charles Etienne Pierre Motte, published by Thomas McLean - NPG D41083

A Grateful Specimen of The Retort Courteous

by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Charles Etienne Pierre Motte, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 12 August 1831
NPG D41083

Going to a Half Crown-ation, by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Charles Etienne Pierre Motte, published by Thomas McLean - NPG D41088

Going to a Half Crown-ation

by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Charles Etienne Pierre Motte, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 7 September 1831
NPG D41088

Bringing Up

Bringing Up "Our Bill"

by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Charles Etienne Pierre Motte, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 28 September 1831
NPG D41092

'The Gift of Tongues', by John ('HB') Doyle, published by Thomas McLean - NPG D41103

'The Gift of Tongues'

by John ('HB') Doyle, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 26 November 1831
NPG D41103

O Yes! O Yes! O Yes!, by John ('HB') Doyle, published by Thomas McLean - NPG D41104

O Yes! O Yes! O Yes!

by John ('HB') Doyle, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 6 December 1831
NPG D41104

Rebellion in the School of Reform, published by John Fairburn - NPG D46059

Rebellion in the School of Reform

published by John Fairburn
hand-coloured etching, published 21 March 1831
NPG D46059

The Cumberland Fishwoman from the Borough Market, published by John Fairburn - NPG D46061

The Cumberland Fishwoman from the Borough Market

published by John Fairburn
hand-coloured etching, published 20 July 1831
NPG D46061

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