The House of Commons 1793-94
1 of 142 portraits of John Scott, 1st Earl of Eldon
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The House of Commons 1793-94
by Anton Hickel
oil on canvas, 1793-1795
127 in. x 177 in. (3226 mm x 4496 mm)
Given by Francis Joseph I, Emperor of Austria, 1885
Primary Collection
NPG 745
Artistback to top
- Karl Anton Hickel (1745-1798), Artist. Artist or producer associated with 5 portraits.
Sittersback to top
- William Adam (1751-1839), Barrister, politician and judge. Sitter associated with 6 portraits. Identify
- Richard Pepper Arden, 1st Baron Alvanley (1744-1804), Judge. Sitter in 14 portraits. Identify
- Sir Francis Annesley (1734-1812), Politician; MP for Reading. Sitter in 1 portrait.
- Henry Bankes (1757-1834), Politician and author. Sitter associated with 2 portraits. Identify
- Sir Francis Baring, 1st Bt (1740-1810), Merchant banker. Sitter associated with 5 portraits. Identify
- John Pollexfen Bastard (1756-1816), Conservative politician, landowner and colonel of the East Devonshire Militia. Sitter associated with 2 portraits. Identify
- Charles Townshend, 1st Baron Bayning (1728-1810), Politician; MP for Great Yarmouth. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Sir George Howland Beaumont, 7th Bt (1753-1827), Art patron, connoisseur and landscape painter. Sitter associated with 12 portraits. Identify
- John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford (1766-1839), Landowner; Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland. Sitter associated with 26 portraits. Identify
- George Cranfield Berkeley (1753-1818), Naval captain and politician. Sitter in 4 portraits. Identify
- Henry Bridgeman, Baron Bradford (1725-1800), Politician; MP for Ludlow. Sitter associated with 1 portrait. Identify
- Alexander Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport (1726-1814), Admiral. Sitter in 12 portraits. Identify
- Isaac Hawkins Browne (1745-1818), Essayist and politician. Sitter associated with 5 portraits. Identify
- Robert Hobart, 4th Earl of Buckinghamshire (1760-1816), Statesman. Sitter associated with 7 portraits. Identify
- Edmund Burke (1729-1797), Statesman; orator; author. Sitter associated with 107 portraits. Identify
- George Byng (1764-1847), Politician; MP for Middlesex. Sitter associated with 13 portraits. Identify
- Sir John Call (1732-1801), Military engineer and politician. Sitter in 1 portrait.
- John Jeffreys Pratt, 1st Marquess Camden (1759-1840), Politician; MP for Bath and Lord President of the Council. Sitter associated with 10 portraits.
- George Canning (1770-1827), Prime Minister. Sitter associated with 64 portraits. Identify
- Henry Welbore Agar-Ellis, 2nd Viscount Clifden (1761-1836). Sitter associated with 2 portraits. Identify
- Sir Henry Clinton (1730-1795), Politician and army general. Sitter in 3 portraits. Identify
- Edward Colman (circa 1734-1815), Serjeant-at-Arms. Sitter in 7 portraits. Identify
- John Courtenay (1738-1816), Politician and army officer. Sitter associated with 14 portraits. Identify
- James George Stopford, 3rd Earl of Courtown (1765-1835), Politician; MP for Great Bedwyn. Sitter associated with 1 portrait. Identify
- Sir William Curtis, 1st Bt (1752-1829), Lord Mayor of London. Sitter in 10 portraits. Identify
- Francis Basset, Baron de Dunstanville and Baron Basset (1757-1835), Nobleman and politician. Sitter associated with 4 portraits. Identify
- George Porter, 6th Baron de Hochepied (1760-1828), General. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Sir William Dolben, 3rd Bt (1727-1814), Politician and campaigner for the abolition of slavery. Sitter associated with 1 portrait. Identify
- Henry Duncombe (1728-1818), Politician; MP for Yorkshire. Sitter associated with 1 portrait. Identify
- John Scott, 1st Earl of Eldon (1751-1838), Lord Chancellor. Sitter in 142 portraits. Identify
- Edward James Eliot (1758-1797), Politician; brother-in-law of William Pitt. Sitter in 1 portrait.
- Thomas Erskine, 1st Baron Erskine (1750-1823), Lord Chancellor. Sitter associated with 69 portraits. Identify
- Charles Long, 1st Baron Farnborough (1760-1838), Paymaster General, art connoisseur, Chief Secretary for Ireland and politician; MP for Rye, Midhurst, Wendover and Haslemere. Sitter in 10 portraits. Identify
- William Robert Feilding, Viscount Feilding (1760-1799), Army colonel and politician. Sitter associated with 1 portrait. Identify
- Richard Fitzpatrick (1748-1813), General, poet and politician; MP for Tavistock and Bedfordshire. Sitter associated with 7 portraits. Identify
- Charles James Fox (1749-1806), Whig statesman. Sitter associated with 313 portraits. Identify
- Alan Gardner, 1st Baron Gardner (1742-1808 or 1809), Admiral. Sitter associated with 8 portraits.
- Thomas Gilbert (circa 1720-1798), Politician and poor law reformer. Sitter associated with 2 portraits. Identify
- Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey (1764-1845), Prime Minister. Sitter associated with 190 portraits. Identify
- Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford (1766-1827), Politician and Governor of Ceylon. Sitter associated with 6 portraits. Identify
- Thomas Harley (1730-1804), Politician; MP for London and Herefordshire. Sitter associated with 2 portraits. Identify
- Dudley Ryder, 1st Earl of Harrowby (1762-1847), Statesman. Sitter associated with 15 portraits. Identify
- John Hatsell (1733-1820), Clerk of the House of Commons. Sitter in 4 portraits. Identify
- Francis Seymour Conway, 2nd Marquess of Hertford (1743-1822), Politician; Chief Secretary for Ireland. Sitter associated with 4 portraits.
- Sir Richard Hill, 2nd Bt (1732-1808), Writer of religious pamphlets and Conservative politician; MP for Shropshire. Sitter in 3 portraits. Identify
- Henry Hobart (1738-1799), Politician; MP for Norwich. Sitter in 2 portraits. Identify
- Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood (1724-1816), Admiral. Sitter associated with 10 portraits. Identify
- Sir George Howard (1718-1796), Field Marshal and politician. Sitter in 3 portraits. Identify
- Joseph Jekyll (1754-1837), Wit, Solicitor-General to the Prince of Wales and politician; MP for Calne. Sitter associated with 16 portraits. Identify
- William Edwardes, 1st Baron Kensington (circa 1711-1801), Politician; MP for Haverfordwest. Sitter associated with 1 portrait. Identify
- Sir Richard King, Bt (1730-1806), Admiral and politician. Sitter associated with 1 portrait. Identify
- Richard Payne Knight (1751-1824), Art collector and writer. Sitter associated with 6 portraits. Identify
- William Henry Lambton (1764-1797), Politician; MP for Durham. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- John Henry Petty, 2nd Marquess of Lansdowne (1765-1809), Politician; MP for Wycombe. Sitter associated with 3 portraits.
- Thomas William Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester of Holkham (1754-1842), Politician and agricultural reformer. Sitter in 9 portraits. Identify
- John Ley (died 1814), Clerk Assistant and Deputy Clerk of the House of Commons. Sitter in 3 portraits. Identify
- Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool (1770-1828), Prime Minister. Sitter associated with 59 portraits. Identify
- Peter Ludlow, 1st Earl Ludlow (1730-1803), Politician; Comptroller of the Household. Sitter associated with 1 portrait. Identify
- George Parker, 4th Earl of Macclesfield (1755-1842), Courtier. Sitter associated with 1 portrait. Identify
- William Mainwaring (1735-1821), Politician; MP for Middlesex. Sitter in 2 portraits. Identify
- James Martin (1738-1810), Politician; MP for Tewkesbury. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville (1742-1811), Statesman. Sitter associated with 82 portraits. Identify
- Welbore Ellis, 1st Baron Mendip (1713-1802), Politician; MP for Weymouth and Melcombe Regis and Secretary of State for the Colonies. Sitter in 3 portraits. Identify
- Sir Ralph Noel Milbanke, 6th Bt (1747-1825), Politician and army officer. Sitter associated with 3 portraits. Identify
- William Wellesley-Pole, 3rd Earl of Mornington (1763-1845), Conservative politician; MP for Trim, East Looe and Queen's County. Sitter associated with 5 portraits. Identify
- Paul Orchard (1739-1812), Politician and Colonel of the Northern Regiment of the Devon militia. Sitter in 1 portrait.
- Sir Robert Peel, 1st Bt (1750-1830), Politician; father of the Prime Minister Sir Robert Peel. Sitter associated with 5 portraits. Identify
- Henry Peirse (circa 1754-1824), Politician; MP for Northallerton. Sitter associated with 1 portrait. Identify
- William Pitt (1759-1806), Prime Minister. Sitter associated with 174 portraits. Identify
- John Freeman-Mitford, 1st Baron Redesdale (1748-1830), Speaker of the House of Commons. Sitter associated with 10 portraits. Identify
- Sir Matthew White Ridley, 2nd Bt (1745-1813), Politician; MP for Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Sitter in 2 portraits. Identify
- John Rolle, Baron Rolle (1751-1842), Politician; MP for Devon. Sitter associated with 6 portraits. Identify
- George Rose (1744-1818), Statesman. Sitter associated with 14 portraits. Identify
- Lord William Russell (1767-1840), Whig politician; MP for Surrey and Tavistock; brother of 5th and 6th Dukes of Bedford. Sitter associated with 4 portraits. Identify
- John Jervis, Earl of St Vincent (1735-1823), Admiral. Sitter associated with 31 portraits. Identify
- John Baker Holroyd, 1st Earl of Sheffield (1735-1821), Statesman. Sitter associated with 7 portraits. Identify
- Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751-1816), Dramatist and parliamentary orator. Sitter associated with 168 portraits. Identify
- Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth (1757-1844), Prime Minister. Sitter associated with 78 portraits. Identify
- Sir John Gordon Sinclair, 8th Bt (1790-1863), Admiral. Sitter in 2 portraits. Identify
- William Smith (1756-1835), Politician and dissenter. Sitter associated with 3 portraits. Identify
- John Smyth (1748-1811), Politician; MP for Pontefract. Sitter associated with 4 portraits. Identify
- Sir Philip Stephens, 1st Bt (1723-1809), Politician; Lord Commissioner of the British Admiralty. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Henry Thornton (1760-1815), Economist, banker, philanthropist and politician; MP for Southwark. Sitter associated with 3 portraits. Identify
- Robert Thornton (1759-1826), Politician; MP for Bridgwater and Colchester. Sitter associated with 1 portrait. Identify
- Samuel Thornton (1755-1838), Director of the Bank of England. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- John Fitzpatrick, 2nd Earl of Upper Ossory (1745-1818), Irish Peer and politician: MP for Bedfordshire. Sitter associated with 5 portraits. Identify
- Richard Colley Wellesley, Marquess Wellesley (1760-1842), Politician and Governor-General of India; brother of Wellington. Sitter associated with 19 portraits.
- Robert Grosvenor, 1st Marquess of Westminster (1767-1845), Patron of art and the turf. Sitter associated with 8 portraits.
- Samuel Whitbread (1764-1815), Politician and brewer; son of brewer Samuel Whitbread. Sitter associated with 21 portraits. Identify
- William Wilberforce (1759-1833), Philanthropist and reformer. Sitter associated with 33 portraits. Identify
- John Eardley Wilmot (1750-1815), Politician and barrister. Sitter in 3 portraits. Identify
- William Windham (1750-1810), Politician; Secretary at War. Sitter associated with 52 portraits. Identify
- Sir George Yonge, 5th Bt (1731-1812), Governor of Cape of Good Hope. Sitter associated with 4 portraits. Identify
- Charles Philip Yorke (1764-1834), Politician; Home Secretary. Sitter associated with 1 portrait. Identify
- Sir William Young, 2nd Bt (1749-1815), Governor of Tobago and politician; MP. Sitter associated with 2 portraits. Identify
Linked publicationsback to top
- Ingamells, John, National Portrait Gallery: Mid-Georgian Portraits 1760-1790, 2004, p. 502
- Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 707
- Walker, Richard, Regency Portraits, 1985, p. 94, 313, 394, 408, 598
Placesback to top
- Place portrayed: United Kingdom: England, London (St Stephen's Chapel, House of Commons, Palace of Westminster, London)
Subjects & Themesback to top
Events of 1793back to top
Current affairs
Whig MP Charles Grey enters a motion for parliamentary reform but is defeated in the House of Commons.Art and science
Radical philosopher William Godwin publishes Political Justice, an inflamatory document that promoted rational anarchism. This crystallised a wider feeling that a new era of world peace and progress was beginning.Sir William Beechey is appointed Portrait Painter to her Majesty, Queen Charlotte.
International
Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette are executed and the Reign of Terror begins.France declares war on Britain, Holland and then Spain. William Pitt addresses the House of Commons and Britain hesitantly joins the first coalition of anti-revolutionary European states to oppose the French threat.
Attack on Corsica in which Captain Horatio Nelson loses an eye.
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