10 OF 17

'New morality; - or - the promis'd installment of the high-priest of the Theophilanthropes, with the homage of Leviathan and his suite'

10 of 17 portraits of Robert Southey

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

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Artistsback to top

James Gillray (1756-1815), Caricaturist. Artist associated with 881 portraits, Sitter in 7 portraits.
John Wright (active 1798), Publisher. Artist associated with 9 portraits.

Sittersback to top

Francis Russell, 5th Duke of Bedford (1765-1802), Politician and agriculturalist. Sitter associated with 44 portraits.
Sir Francis Burdett, 5th Bt (1770-1844), Parliamentary reformer. Sitter associated with 113 portraits.
George Byng (1764-1847), MP for Middlesex. Sitter associated with 13 portraits.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834), Poet. Sitter in 10 portraits.
John Courtenay (1738-1816), Politician. Sitter associated with 14 portraits.
Erasmus Darwin (1731-1802), Physician and poet. Sitter in 8 portraits.
Edward Smith Stanley, 12th Earl of Derby (1752-1834), Sportsman and patron of horse-racing. Sitter associated with 64 portraits.
Thomas Erskine, 1st Baron Erskine (1750-1823), Lord Chancellor. Sitter associated with 67 portraits.
Charles James Fox (1749-1806), Whig statesman. Sitter associated with 299 portraits.
William Godwin (1756-1836), Philosopher and novelist. Sitter in 13 portraits.
Francis Rawdon-Hastings, 1st Marquess of Hastings (1754-1826), Army officer; Politician. Sitter in 44 portraits.
Thomas Holcroft (1745-1809), Dramatist and writer. Sitter in 9 portraits.
William Petty, 1st Marquess of Lansdowne (1737-1805), Prime Minister and patron of the arts. Sitter associated with 63 portraits.
James Maitland, 8th Earl of Lauderdale (1759-1839), Statesman; author of 'Inquiry into the Nature and Origin of Public Wealth'. Sitter associated with 35 portraits.
Louis XVI, King of France (1754-1793), Reigned 1774-92. Sitter in 17 portraits.
John Nicholls (1745?-1832), Politician. Sitter in 20 portraits.
Charles Howard, 11th Duke of Norfolk (1746-1815), Connoisseur and collector. Sitter associated with 55 portraits.
Thomas Paine (1737-1809), Author of 'The Rights of Man'. Sitter in 11 portraits.
Joseph Priestley (1733-1804), Theologian and scientist. Sitter in 27 portraits.
Louis Marie la Révellière-Lepaux (died 1824). Sitter in 3 portraits.
Sir George Augustus William Shuckburgh-Evelyn, 6th Bt (1751-1804), Politician. Sitter associated with 9 portraits.
Robert Southey (1774-1843), Poet Laureate. Sitter in 17 portraits.
Charles Stanhope, 3rd Earl Stanhope (1753-1816), Politician and scientist. Sitter associated with 45 portraits.
Michael Angelo Taylor (circa 1757-1834), Politician. Sitter associated with 35 portraits.
John Thelwall (1764-1834), Reformer and elocutionist. Sitter in 12 portraits.
George Tierney (1761-1830), Statesman. Sitter associated with 48 portraits.
John Horne Tooke (1736-1812), Radical politician and philologist. Sitter associated with 49 portraits.
Gilbert Wakefield (1756-1801), Scholar and controversialist. Sitter in 11 portraits.
David Williams (1738-1813), Dissenting minister; founder of the Royal Literary Fund. Sitter in 3 portraits.

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' (impression from same plate as)