17 OF 19

'True reform of Parliament, - i.e. - patriots lighting a revolutionary-bonfire in New Palace Yard'

17 of 19 portraits of Samuel Whitbread

by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 14 June 1809
11 3/4 in. x 16 1/4 in. (298 mm x 414 mm) plate size; 12 1/4 in. x 17 3/8 in. (312 mm x 441 mm) paper size
Purchased, 1947
Reference Collection
NPG D12923

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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

William Bosville (1745-1813), Bon vivant. Sitter in 10 portraits.
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 113 portraits.
Henry Clifford (1768-1813), Barrister and legal writer. Sitter in 5 portraits.
William Cobbett (1763-1835), Writer, politician and agriculturalist. Sitter associated with 54 portraits.
Henry Grattan (1746-1820), Irish statesman. Sitter associated with 26 portraits.
William Wyndham Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville (1759-1834), Prime Minister. Sitter associated with 67 portraits.
William Pleydell-Bouverie, 3rd Earl of Radnor (1779-1869), Whig politician. Sitter in 3 portraits.
John Horne Tooke (1736-1812), Radical politician and philologist. Sitter associated with 49 portraits.
Gwyllym Lloyd Wardle (1762?-1833), Soldier and politician. Sitter in 9 portraits.
Samuel Whitbread (1756-1815), Politician and brewer. Sitter associated with 19 portraits.