'Tentanda via est qua me quoque possim tollere humo'
20 of 51 portraits of Henry Richard Fox (later Vassall), 3rd Baron Holland
'Tentanda via est qua me quoque possim tollere humo'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, engraving and aquatint, published 8 August 1810
20 1/4 in. x 15 3/4 in. (515 mm x 399 mm) paper size
Purchased, 1947
Reference Collection
NPG D13118
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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
- 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.
- George James Cholmondeley, 1st Marquess of Cholmondeley (1749-1827), Chamberlain to the Prince of Wales. Sitter associated with 15 portraits.
- William Crowe (1745-1829), Poet and divine. Sitter in 4 portraits.
- Thomas Erskine, 1st Baron Erskine (1750-1823), Lord Chancellor. Sitter associated with 67 portraits.
- William Wyndham Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville (1759-1834), Prime Minister. Sitter associated with 67 portraits.
- Thomas Grenville (1755-1846), Book collector and diplomat. Sitter associated with 13 portraits.
- Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey (1764-1845), Prime Minister. Sitter associated with 166 portraits.
- Henry Richard Fox (later Vassall), 3rd Baron Holland (1773-1840), Whig statesman and patron of art and letters. Sitter associated with 51 portraits.
- Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne (1780-1863), Politician. Sitter associated with 73 portraits.
- George Nugent Grenville, Baron Nugent (1788-1850), Writer. Sitter in 18 portraits.
- Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751-1816), Dramatist and parliamentary orator. Sitter associated with 162 portraits.
- Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth (1757-1844), Prime Minister. Sitter associated with 66 portraits.
- George Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Duke of Sutherland (1758-1833), Diplomat and magnate. Sitter in 22 portraits.
- Michael Angelo Taylor (circa 1757-1834), Politician. Sitter associated with 35 portraits.
- George Tierney (1761-1830), Statesman. Sitter associated with 48 portraits.
- Samuel Whitbread (1756-1815), Politician and brewer. Sitter associated with 19 portraits.
- Charles Watkin Williams Wynn (1775-1850), Politician. Sitter in 8 portraits.
- Sir Henry Watkin Williams Wynn (1783-1856), Diplomat. Sitter in 3 portraits.
- Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, 5th Bt (1772-1840), Politician. Sitter in 6 portraits.
Related worksback to top
- NPG D12933: 'The introduction of the Pope to the convocation at Oxford, by the Cardinal Broad-Bottom' (sequel to)



