'Lilliputian-substitutes, equiping for public service'
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'Lilliputian-substitutes, equiping for public service'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 28 May 1801
9 3/4 in. x 14 in. (248 mm x 356 mm) plate size; 10 3/8 in. x 14 5/8 in. (262 mm x 372 mm) paper size
Purchased, 1947
Reference Collection
NPG D12763
Artistsback to top
- James Gillray (1756-1815), Caricaturist. Artist or producer associated with 887 portraits, Sitter in 7 portraits.
- Hannah Humphrey (circa 1745-1818), Publisher and printseller. Artist or producer associated with 720 portraits, Sitter in 1 portrait.
Sittersback to top
- John Hiley Addington (1759-1818), Politician; MP for several constituencies. Sitter in 2 portraits. Identify
- Nicholas Vansittart, Baron Bexley (1766-1851), Conservative politician; Chancellor of the Exchequer. Sitter in 26 portraits. Identify
- Robert Hobart, 4th Earl of Buckinghamshire (1760-1816), Statesman. Sitter associated with 7 portraits. Identify
- John Scott, 1st Earl of Eldon (1751-1838), Lord Chancellor. Sitter in 142 portraits. Identify
- Sylvester Douglas, Baron Glenbervie (1743-1823), Politician and diarist. Sitter in 3 portraits. Identify
- Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool (1770-1828), Prime Minister. Sitter associated with 59 portraits. Identify
- Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth (1757-1844), Prime Minister. Sitter associated with 78 portraits. Identify
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Events of 1801back to top
Current affairs
Wlliam Pitt and Lord Castlereagh both resign over the King's refusal to permit the introduction of Catholic emancipation. Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth succeeds Pitt as Prime Minister.Census records 9 million people living in England and Wales, 5.2 million in Ireland and 1.6 million in Scotland.
Art and science
Radical writer, Amelia Opie publishes her best known novel The Father and the Daughter. Said to have reduced Walter Scott to tears, it went on to enjoy success as an opera and a play.International
Other members of the First Coalition fighting France with Britain agree to a humiliating peace treaty and Britain fights on alone.A successful campaign is fought against the French army marooned in Egypt. General Sir Ralph Abercromby leads the troops but is killed in action.
Thomas Jefferson is elected President of the United States.
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