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'The installation-supper, as given at the Pantheon, by the Knights of the Bath on the 26th of May, 1788
14 of 26 portraits of Charles Lennox, 3rd Duke of Richmond and Lennox
'The installation-supper, as given at the Pantheon, by the Knights of the Bath on the 26th of May, 1788
by James Gillray, published by Samuel William Fores
hand-coloured etching, published 4 June 1788
9 3/4 in. x 84 1/8 in. (247 mm x 2137 mm) paper size
Purchased, 1947
Reference Collection
NPG D13065
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Artistsback to top
- Samuel William Fores (baptised 1761-1838), Printseller and publisher. Artist associated with 63 portraits.
- James Gillray (1756-1815), Caricaturist. Artist associated with 881 portraits, Sitter in 7 portraits.
Sittersback to top
- Richard Pepper Arden, 1st Baron Alvanley (1744-1804), Judge. Sitter in 14 portraits.
- Jeffrey Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst (1717-1797), Field Marshal. Sitter in 6 portraits.
- Sarah Archer (née West), Lady Archer (1741-1801), Wife of Andrew, 2nd Lord Archer. Sitter in 8 portraits.
- Henry Bathurst, 2nd Earl Bathurst (1714-1794), Lord Chancellor. Sitter in 6 portraits.
- Francis Russell, 5th Duke of Bedford (1765-1802), Politician and agriculturalist. Sitter associated with 44 portraits.
- Miss Bingham (active 1788). Sitter in 1 portrait.
- General Bligh (active 1788). Sitter in 1 portrait.
- George Nugent Temple Grenville, 1st Marquess of Buckingham (1753-1813), Statesman. Sitter in 33 portraits.
- Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Chandos (1776-1839), Statesman and print collector. Sitter associated with 39 portraits.
- Albinia, Countess of Buckinghamshire (died 1816), Wife of George Hobart, 3rd Earl of Buckinghamshire. Sitter associated with 16 portraits.
- Edmund Burke (1729 or 1730-1797), Statesman. Sitter associated with 103 portraits.
- Frederick Howard, 5th Earl of Carlisle (1748-1825), Statesman. Sitter associated with 26 portraits.
- Charles Wolfran Cornwall (1735-1789), Speaker of the House of Commons. Sitter associated with 7 portraits.
- Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis (1738-1805), General and diplomat. Sitter associated with 14 portraits.
- Edward Smith Stanley, 12th Earl of Derby (1752-1834), Sportsman and patron of horse-racing. Sitter associated with 64 portraits.
- Maria Anne Fitzherbert (née Smythe) (1756-1837), Famous beauty; morganatic wife of George IV. Sitter in 24 portraits.
- Charles James Fox (1749-1806), Whig statesman. Sitter associated with 299 portraits.
- Sir Philip Francis (1740-1818), Politician and pamphleteer. Sitter in 16 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.
- Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford (1732-1792), Prime Minister. Sitter associated with 63 portraits.
- Francis Rawdon-Hastings, 1st Marquess of Hastings (1754-1826), Army officer; Politician. Sitter in 44 portraits.
- Anna Maria Appolonia Hastings (1749-1837), Second wife of Warren Hastings. Sitter in 6 portraits.
- Warren Hastings (1732-1818), Governor-General of India. Sitter associated with 46 portraits.
- George Augustus Eliott, 1st Baron Heathfield (1717-1790), General; defender of Gibraltar. Sitter in 14 portraits.
- Elizabeth Jeffries, Maid of honour to Charlotte Sophia of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. Sitter associated with 4 portraits.
- Colonel Jekyll (active 1788). Sitter in 1 portrait.
- Lady Cecilia Johnston. Sitter associated with 10 portraits.
- Sir James Johnstone, 4th Bt (1726-1794), Politician. Sitter in 1 portrait.
- Louisa Mary Elizabeth (Colclough), Lady Johnstone (died 1797), Wife of Sir James Johnstone, 4th Bt. Sitter in 1 portrait.
- William Petty, 1st Marquess of Lansdowne (1737-1805), Prime Minister and patron of the arts. Sitter associated with 63 portraits.
- David Murray, 2nd Earl of Mansfield (1727-1796), Diplomat and statesman. Sitter in 18 portraits.
- Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville (1742-1811), Statesman. Sitter associated with 80 portraits.
- Emma Edgcumbe (née Gilbert), Countess of Mount Edgcumbe (1729-1807), Wife of George Edgcumbe, 1st Earl of Mount Edgcumbe. Sitter in 8 portraits.
- Charles Howard, 11th Duke of Norfolk (1746-1815), Connoisseur and collector. Sitter associated with 55 portraits.
- Samuel Parr (1747-1825), Pedagogue and Whig pamphleteer. Sitter in 17 portraits.
- William Pitt (1759-1806), Prime Minister. Sitter associated with 167 portraits.
- William Henry Cavendish Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland (1738-1809), Prime Minister. Sitter associated with 30 portraits.
- Margaret (née Burgess), Countess Poulett (died 1838), Second wife of John Poulett, 4th Earl Poulett. Sitter in 2 portraits.
- John Poulett, 5th Earl Poulett (1783-1864). Sitter in 5 portraits.
- Henrietta Antonia Clive (née Herbert), Countess Powis (1758-1830), Wife of Edward Clive, 1st Earl Powis. Sitter in 3 portraits.
- Charles Lennox, 3rd Duke of Richmond and Lennox (1735-1806), Soldier, diplomat and politician. Sitter in 26 portraits.
- Mary Amelia Cecil (née Hill), Marchioness of Salisbury (1750-1835), Political hostess and sportswoman. Sitter in 8 portraits.
- John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich (1718-1792), First Lord of the Admiralty. Sitter associated with 24 portraits.
- Sir George Augustus William Shuckburgh-Evelyn, 6th Bt (1751-1804), Politician. Sitter associated with 9 portraits.
- Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney (1733-1800), Statesman. Sitter in 14 portraits.
- Edward Topham (1751-1820), Journalist and playwright. Sitter in 5 portraits.
- Sarah (Hussey), Countess of Tyrconnel (1763-1800), Wife of George Carpenter, 5th Earl of Tyrconnel. Sitter associated with 2 portraits.
- Richard Colley Wellesley, Marquess Wellesley (1760-1842), Politician and Governor-General of India; brother of Wellington. Sitter associated with 18 portraits.
- John Wilkes (1725-1797), Politician and agitator. Sitter associated with 47 portraits, Artist associated with 1 portrait.
- Anne (Cleeve), Lady Yonge (died 1833), Wife of Sir George Yonge, 5th Bt. Sitter in 1 portrait.
- Sir George Yonge, 5th Bt (1731-1812), Governor of Cape of Good Hope. Sitter associated with 4 portraits.
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