Warren Hastings
(1732-1818), Governor-General of IndiaMid-Georgian Portraits Catalogue Entry
Sitter associated with 49 portraits
Hastings was the first Governor-General of India (1772 -85). He transformed the East India Company from a trading organisation into a great military and naval power. He established full-scale British civil administration in India, but his methods led to a trial for corruption at which he was acquitted in 1795.
'The bow to the throne, - alias - the begging bow'
by James Gillray, published by Samuel William Fores
hand-coloured etching, published 6 May 1788
NPG D12378
by James Gillray, published by Samuel William Fores
hand-coloured etching and aquatint, published 9 March 1788
NPG D12380
by James Gillray, published by Samuel William Fores
hand-coloured etching, published 16 May 1788
NPG D12381
by James Gillray, published by Samuel William Fores
hand-coloured etching, published 20 May 1788
NPG D12383
by James Gillray, published by Samuel William Fores
hand-coloured etching, published 28 March 1788
NPG D12393
'Impeachment ticket. For the trial of W-rr-n H-st-ngs Esqr'
by James Gillray
hand-coloured etching, circa February 1788
NPG D12943
by James Gillray, published by Samuel William Fores
hand-coloured etching, published 4 June 1788
NPG D13065
'A View of the Tryal of Warren Hastings Esqr. before the Court of Peers'
by Robert Pollard, by Francis Jukes, after Edward Dayes
etching and aquatint, published 1789
NPG D10671
by James Gillray, published by James Aitken
hand-coloured etching, published 8 May 1789
NPG D12399
by and published by Henry Hudson, after Arthur William Devis
mezzotint, published July 1794, based on a work of 1784-1785
NPG D35565
by and published by Henry Hudson, after Arthur William Devis
mezzotint, published July 1794, based on a work of 1784-1785
NPG D49643
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by Henry Dixon & Son, after George Romney
photogravure, before 1903 (circa 1795)
NPG D35566
'The last scene of the managers farce'
by James Sayers, published by Hannah Humphrey
etching, published 8 May 1795
NPG D12249
by George Townley Stubbs, after George Stubbs
stipple engraving, published 1795 (1791)
NPG D13799
by and published by George Townley Stubbs, after George Stubbs
hand-coloured stipple engraving, published 30 April 1795 (1791)
NPG D14838
by William Bromley
line engraving, published 29 June 1797
NPG D35567
by William Bromley
line engraving, published 29 June 1797
NPG D35568
by and published by William Bromley, after Thomas Stothard
line engraving, published 29 June 1797
NPG D15005
by Thomas Gaugain, published by John Brydon, after Simon de Koster, after Thomas Banks
stipple engraving, published February 1798 (1790)
NPG D35562
by Thomas Gaugain, published by John Brydon, after Simon de Koster, after Thomas Banks
stipple engraving, published February 1798 (1790)
NPG D35563
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