9 OF 12

'Posting to the election, - a scene on the road to Brentford, Novr 1806'

9 of 12 portraits of Alexander Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport

by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 1 December 1806
8 5/8 in. x 24 1/2 in. (218 mm x 621 mm) plate size; 9 1/2 in. x 24 7/8 in. (240 mm x 633 mm) paper size
Purchased, 1947
Reference Collection
NPG D13113

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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.
Alexander Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport (1726-1814), Admiral. Sitter in 12 portraits.
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.
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.
William Cobbett (1763-1835), Writer, politician and agriculturalist. Sitter associated with 54 portraits.
Charles James Fox (1749-1806), Whig statesman. Sitter associated with 299 portraits.
William Wyndham Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville (1759-1834), Prime Minister. Sitter associated with 67 portraits.
Robert Stewart, 2nd Marquess of Londonderry (Lord Castlereagh) (1769-1822), Statesman. Sitter associated with 41 portraits.
William Mellish (1764?-1838), Politician. Sitter associated with 3 portraits.
Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821), Emperor of France 1804-14. Sitter associated with 86 portraits.
James Paull (1770-1808), Politician. Sitter in 9 portraits.
Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751-1816), Dramatist and parliamentary orator. Sitter associated with 162 portraits.
John Horne Tooke (1736-1812), Radical politician and philologist. Sitter associated with 49 portraits.