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'Britania's assassination. Or the Repulicans amusement'
10 of 103 portraits of Edmund Burke
'Britania's assassination. Or the Repulicans amusement'
by James Gillray, published by Elizabeth d'Achery
hand-coloured etching, published 10 May 1782
9 5/8 in. x 14 in. (244 mm x 355 mm) paper size
Purchased, 1947
Reference Collection
NPG D12305
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Artistsback to top
- Elizabeth d'Achery (active 1782). Artist associated with 11 portraits.
- James Gillray (1756-1815), Caricaturist. Artist associated with 881 portraits, Sitter in 7 portraits.
Sittersback to top
- John Dunning, 1st Baron Ashburton (1731-1783), Solicitor-General. Sitter in 14 portraits.
- Edmund Burke (1729 or 1730-1797), Statesman. Sitter associated with 103 portraits.
- Charles James Fox (1749-1806), Whig statesman. Sitter associated with 299 portraits.
- Augustus Keppel, Viscount Keppel (1725-1786), Admiral. Sitter associated with 29 portraits.
- William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield (1705-1793), Judge. Sitter in 15 portraits.
- Charles Lennox, 3rd Duke of Richmond and Lennox (1735-1806), Soldier, diplomat and politician. Sitter in 26 portraits.
- Edward Thurlow, Baron Thurlow (1731-1806), Lord Chancellor. Sitter in 36 portraits.
- John Wilkes (1725-1797), Politician and agitator. Sitter associated with 47 portraits, Artist associated with 1 portrait.
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