'Promis'd horrors of the French invasion, - or - forcible reasons for negotiating a regicide peace'

Artistsback to top

• James Gillray (1756-1815), Caricaturist. Artist associated with 881 portraits, Sitter in 7 portraits.
• Hannah Humphrey (active 1778-1822), Publisher and printseller. Artist associated with 717 portraits, Sitter in 1 portrait.

Sittersback to top

• Richard Pepper Arden, 1st Baron Alvanley (1744-1804), Judge. Sitter in 14 portraits.
• Francis Russell, 5th Duke of Bedford (1765-1802), Politician and agriculturalist. Sitter associated with 44 portraits.
• Edmund Burke (1729 or 1730-1797), Statesman. Sitter associated with 103 portraits.
• George Canning (1770-1827), Prime Minister. Sitter associated with 42 portraits.
• Edward Smith Stanley, 12th Earl of Derby (1752-1834), Sportsman and patron of horse-racing. Sitter associated with 64 portraits.
• Thomas Erskine, 1st Baron Erskine (1750-1823), Lord Chancellor. Sitter associated with 67 portraits.
• Charles James Fox (1749-1806), Whig statesman. Sitter associated with 299 portraits.
• Frederick, Duke of York and Albany (1763-1827), Son of George III; Commander-in-Chief of the Army. Sitter associated with 70 portraits.
• King George IV (1762-1830), Regent 1811-19; Reigned 1820-30. Sitter associated with 182 portraits.
• Augustus Henry Fitzroy, 3rd Duke of Grafton (1735-1811), Prime Minister. Sitter in 26 portraits.
• William Wyndham Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville (1759-1834), Prime Minister. Sitter associated with 67 portraits.
• William Petty, 1st Marquess of Lansdowne (1737-1805), Prime Minister and patron of the arts. Sitter associated with 63 portraits.
• James Maitland, 8th Earl of Lauderdale (1759-1839), Statesman; author of 'Inquiry into the Nature and Origin of Public Wealth'. Sitter associated with 35 portraits.
• Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool (1770-1828), Prime Minister. Sitter associated with 48 portraits.
• Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville (1742-1811), Statesman. Sitter associated with 80 portraits.
• Charles Howard, 11th Duke of Norfolk (1746-1815), Connoisseur and collector. Sitter associated with 55 portraits.
• William Pitt (1759-1806), Prime Minister. Sitter associated with 167 portraits.
• Charles Lennox, 3rd Duke of Richmond and Lennox (1735-1806), Soldier, diplomat and politician. Sitter in 26 portraits.
• Alexander Wedderburn, 1st Earl of Rosslyn (Lord Loughborough) (1733-1805), Lord Chancellor. Sitter associated with 32 portraits.
• Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751-1816), Dramatist and parliamentary orator. Sitter associated with 162 portraits.
• Charles Stanhope, 3rd Earl Stanhope (1753-1816), Politician and scientist. Sitter associated with 45 portraits.
• Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney (1733-1800), Statesman. Sitter in 14 portraits.
• Michael Angelo Taylor (circa 1757-1834), Politician. Sitter associated with 36 portraits.
• John Thelwall (1764-1834), Reformer and elocutionist. Sitter in 12 portraits.
• King William IV (1765-1837), Reigned 1830-7. Sitter associated with 134 portraits.
• Hon. William Windham (1750-1810), Statesman. Sitter associated with 50 portraits.

This portraitback to top

A satire on the Opposition and the possibilities of invasion, on Pitt's peace overtures and Burke's pamphlets, Thoughts on a Regicide Peace. French troops march up St James's Street; Pitt, tied to a 'tree of Liberty' is flogged by Fox. Burke is tossed by the ox (Duke of Bedford). The French raiding White's toss the Royal Dukes over the balcony; the Opposition holds Brooks's with Sheridan taking in the spoils.

Linked publicationsback to top

• Holmes, Richard, Insights: The Romantic Poets and Their Circle, 2005, p. 40

Portrait setback to top

• James Gillray etchings, 1777-1811 (1795-7)

Subject/Themeback to top

• War with France