'The new dynasty: - or - the little Corsican Gardiner planting a royal-pippin-tree. - "All the talents", busy, in clearing the ground of old timber'
13 of 55 portraits of William Cobbett
'The new dynasty: - or - the little Corsican Gardiner planting a royal-pippin-tree. - "All the talents", busy, in clearing the ground of old timber'
probably by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching and aquatint, published 25 June 1807
9 3/4 in. x 13 3/4 in. (248 mm x 350 mm) plate size; 10 3/4 in. x 14 3/4 in. (272 mm x 376 mm) paper size
Purchased, 1947
Reference Collection
NPG D12894
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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
- George Nugent Temple Grenville, 1st Marquess of Buckingham (1753-1813), Statesman. Sitter in 33 portraits.
- Sir Francis Burdett, 5th Bt (1770-1844), Parliamentary reformer. Sitter associated with 114 portraits.
- William Cobbett (1763-1835), Writer, politician and agriculturalist. Sitter associated with 55 portraits.
- William Wyndham Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville (1759-1834), Prime Minister. Sitter associated with 67 portraits.
- Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey (1764-1845), Prime Minister. Sitter associated with 167 portraits.
- Francis Rawdon-Hastings, 1st Marquess of Hastings (1754-1826), Army officer; Politician. Sitter in 44 portraits.
- Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821), Emperor of France 1804-14. Sitter associated with 86 portraits.
- Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, Prince de Benevento (1754-1838), French foreign minister. Sitter in 22 portraits.
- John Horne Tooke (1736-1812), Radical politician and philologist. Sitter associated with 49 portraits.



