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'The installation-supper, as given at the Pantheon, by the Knights of the Bath on the 26th of May, 1788
17 of 70 portraits of Frederick, Duke of York and Albany
'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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