'New morality; - or - the promis'd installment of the high-priest of the Theophilanthropes, with the homage of Leviathan and his suite'
4 of 8 portraits of Erasmus Darwin
'New morality; - or - the promis'd installment of the high-priest of the Theophilanthropes, with the homage of Leviathan and his suite'
by James Gillray, published by John Wright
hand-coloured etching, published 1 August 1798
11 in. x 25 in. (279 mm x 634 mm) paper size
Purchased, 1947
Reference Collection
NPG D13094
Artistsback to top
- James Gillray (1756-1815), Caricaturist. Artist or producer associated with 887 portraits, Sitter in 7 portraits.
- John Wright (active 1798), Publisher. Artist or producer associated with 9 portraits.
Sittersback to top
- Francis Russell, 5th Duke of Bedford (1765-1802), Whig politician and agriculturist. Sitter associated with 39 portraits. Identify
- Sir Francis Burdett, 5th Bt (1770-1844), Parliamentary reformer. Sitter associated with 135 portraits. Identify
- George Byng (1764-1847), Politician; MP for Middlesex. Sitter associated with 13 portraits. Identify
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834), Poet. Sitter in 10 portraits. Identify
- John Courtenay (1738-1816), Politician and army officer. Sitter associated with 14 portraits. Identify
- Erasmus Darwin (1731-1802), Physician and poet. Sitter in 8 portraits. Identify
- Edward Smith Stanley, 12th Earl of Derby (1752-1834), Sportsman and patron of horse-racing. Sitter associated with 65 portraits. Identify
- Thomas Erskine, 1st Baron Erskine (1750-1823), Lord Chancellor. Sitter associated with 69 portraits. Identify
- Charles James Fox (1749-1806), Whig statesman. Sitter associated with 313 portraits. Identify
- William Godwin (1756-1836), Philosopher and novelist. Sitter in 13 portraits. Identify
- Francis Rawdon-Hastings, 1st Marquess of Hastings (1754-1826), Army officer and Politician, Governor-General of India. Sitter in 46 portraits. Identify
- Thomas Holcroft (1745-1809), Dramatist and writer. Sitter in 9 portraits. Identify
- William Petty, 1st Marquess of Lansdowne (1737-1805), Prime Minister and patron of the arts. Sitter associated with 68 portraits. Identify
- James Maitland, 8th Earl of Lauderdale (1759-1839), Scottish politician and author of 'Inquiry into the Nature and Origin of Public Wealth'. Sitter associated with 37 portraits. Identify
- Louis XVI, King of France (1754-1793), King of France 1774-1792. Sitter in 17 portraits. Identify
- John Nicholls (1745?-1832), Politician; MP for Bletchingley and Tregony. Sitter in 20 portraits. Identify
- Charles Howard, 11th Duke of Norfolk (1746-1815), Politician; MP for Carlise and Arundel. Sitter associated with 55 portraits. Identify
- Thomas Paine (1737-1809), Author of 'The Rights of Man'. Sitter in 12 portraits. Identify
- Joseph Priestley (1733-1804), Theologian and scientist. Sitter in 28 portraits. Identify
- Louis Marie la Révellière-Lepaux (1753-1824), Leader in the French government during the Revolution. Sitter in 3 portraits. Identify
- Sir George Augustus William Shuckburgh-Evelyn, 6th Bt (1751-1804), Politician; MP for Warwickshire. Sitter associated with 9 portraits. Identify
- Robert Southey (1774-1843), Poet Laureate. Sitter in 18 portraits. Identify
- Charles Stanhope, 3rd Earl Stanhope (1753-1816), Scientist and politician; MP for Wycombe. Sitter associated with 46 portraits. Identify
- Michael Angelo Taylor (circa 1757-1834), Barrister and politician; MP for Poole, Ilchester and City of Durham. Sitter associated with 35 portraits. Identify
- John Thelwall (1764-1834), Reformer and elocutionist. Sitter in 12 portraits. Identify
- George Tierney (1761-1830), Politician; MP for Southwark and Knaresborough. Sitter associated with 51 portraits. Identify
- John Horne Tooke (1736-1812), Radical politician; MP and philologist. Sitter associated with 49 portraits. Identify
- Gilbert Wakefield (1756-1801), Scholar and controversialist. Sitter in 11 portraits. Identify
- David Williams (1738-1813), Dissenting minister; founder of the Royal Literary Fund. Sitter in 3 portraits. Identify
Related worksback to top
- NPG D13093: 'New morality; - or - the promis'd installment of the high-priest of the Theophilanthropes, with the homage of Leviathan and his suite' (from same plate)
Subjects & Themesback to top
Events of 1798back to top
Current affairs
To meet war costs, William Pitt introduces a Finance Bill which levies income tax for the first time.Art and science
William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge publish Lyrical Ballads; a key publication for the romantic movement in poetry. Coleridge's The Rime of the Ancient Mariner opens the volume.Publisher and printseller Rudolph Ackermann establishes his popular 'Repository of the Arts' shop, gallery, library and social centre on the Strand.
International
Uprising of the United Irishmen: a republican rebellion which attempted to achieve Ireland's total independence by force with the aid of a French invasion. It was only narrowly defeated.Battle of the Nile. Napoleon's visionary Egyptian campaign offers British first major victory as Nelson destroys the French fleet.
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Mustafa Tufan
02 October 2021, 16:45
The 'Toad & Frog' holding out a sheet of paper with 'Blank Verse' written on it is presumably Charles Lamb and Charles Lloyd, which the poem below refers to. The two had jointly written a poem entitled 'Blank Verse', and both were well acquainted with the radical circles of S.T. Coleridge '&co.'.