8 OF 32

'The Regency twelfth cake not cut up'

8 of 32 portraits of Alexander Wedderburn, 1st Earl of Rosslyn (Lord Loughborough)

by James Sayers, published by Thomas Cornell
etching and aquatint, published 19 February 1789
9 7/8 in. x 12 7/8 in. (252 mm x 326 mm) plate size; 10 7/8 in. x 13 7/8 in. (275 mm x 354 mm) paper size
Purchased, 1905
Reference Collection
NPG D12252

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Artistsback to top

Thomas Cornell (active 1780-1792). Artist associated with 59 portraits.
James Sayers (1748-1823), Artist. Artist associated with 188 portraits, Sitter in 1 portrait.

Sittersback to top

Edmund Burke (1729 or 1730-1797), Statesman. Sitter associated with 103 portraits.
Charles James Fox (1749-1806), Whig statesman. Sitter associated with 299 portraits.
David Murray, 2nd Earl of Mansfield (1727-1796), Diplomat and statesman. Sitter in 18 portraits.
William Henry Cavendish Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland (1738-1809), Prime Minister. Sitter associated with 30 portraits.
Alexander Wedderburn, 1st Earl of Rosslyn (Lord Loughborough) (1733-1805), Lord Chancellor. Sitter associated with 32 portraits.
John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich (1718-1792), First Lord of the Admiralty. Sitter associated with 24 portraits.
Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751-1816), Dramatist and parliamentary orator. Sitter associated with 162 portraits.
Louis Weltje (1745-1810), Comptroller to the Prince of Wales. Sitter in 5 portraits.