'The installation-supper, as given at the Pantheon, by the Knights of the Bath on the 26th of May, 1788
1 portrait of William Pitt
'The installation-supper, as given at the Pantheon, by the Knights of the Bath on the 26th of May, 1788
by James Gillray, published by Samuel William Fores
hand-coloured etching, published 4 June 1788
9 3/4 in. x 84 1/8 in. (247 mm x 2137 mm) paper size
Purchased, 1947
Reference Collection
NPG D13065
Artistsback to top
- Samuel William Fores (baptised 1761-1838), Printseller and publisher. Artist or producer associated with 119 portraits.
- James Gillray (1756-1815), Caricaturist. Artist or producer associated with 887 portraits, Sitter in 7 portraits.
Sittersback to top
- Richard Pepper Arden, 1st Baron Alvanley (1744-1804), Judge. Sitter in 14 portraits. Identify
- Jeffrey Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst (1717-1797), Field Marshal. Sitter in 7 portraits. Identify
- Sarah Archer (née West), Lady Archer (1741-1801), Wife of Andrew, 2nd Lord Archer. Sitter in 8 portraits. Identify
- Henry Bathurst, 2nd Earl Bathurst (1714-1794), Lord Chancellor. Sitter in 7 portraits. Identify
- Francis Russell, 5th Duke of Bedford (1765-1802), Whig politician and agriculturist. Sitter associated with 39 portraits. Identify
- Miss Bingham (active 1788). Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- General Bligh (active 1788), General. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Chandos (1776-1839), Statesman and print collector. Sitter associated with 41 portraits. Identify
- George Nugent-Temple-Grenville, 1st Marquess of Buckingham (1753-1813), Politician; MP for Buckinghamshire and Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. Sitter in 34 portraits. Identify
- Albinia, Countess of Buckinghamshire (died 1816), Wife of 3rd Earl of Buckinghamshire. Sitter associated with 16 portraits. Identify
- Edmund Burke (1729-1797), Statesman; orator; author. Sitter associated with 107 portraits. Identify
- Frederick Howard, 5th Earl of Carlisle (1748-1825), Politician and diplomat. Sitter associated with 26 portraits. Identify
- Charles Wolfran Cornwall (1735-1789), Speaker of the House of Commons. Sitter associated with 7 portraits. Identify
- Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis (1738-1805), General and diplomat. Sitter in 15 portraits. Identify
- Edward Smith Stanley, 12th Earl of Derby (1752-1834), Sportsman and patron of horse-racing. Sitter associated with 65 portraits. Identify
- Maria Anne Fitzherbert (née Smythe) (1756-1837), Famous beauty; morganatic wife of George IV. Sitter in 25 portraits. Identify
- Charles James Fox (1749-1806), Whig statesman. Sitter associated with 313 portraits. Identify
- Sir Philip Francis (1740-1818), Whig politician and pamphleteer. Sitter in 16 portraits. Identify
- Frederick, Duke of York and Albany (1763-1827), Commander-in-Chief of the Army; son of George III. Sitter associated with 73 portraits. Identify
- King George IV (1762-1830), Regent 1811-19; Reigned 1820-30. Sitter associated with 274 portraits. Identify
- Augustus Henry FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton (1735-1811), Prime Minister. Sitter in 27 portraits. Identify
- Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford (1732-1792), Prime Minister. Sitter associated with 64 portraits. Identify
- Francis Rawdon-Hastings, 1st Marquess of Hastings (1754-1826), Army officer and Politician, Governor-General of India. Sitter in 46 portraits. Identify
- Marian Hastings (née Anna Maria Apollonia Chapuset) (1747-1837), Former wife of Baron von Imhoff, and later second wife of Warren Hastings. Sitter in 7 portraits. Identify
- Warren Hastings (1732-1818), Governor-General of India. Sitter associated with 49 portraits. Identify
- George Augustus Eliott, 1st Baron Heathfield (1717-1790), General; defender of Gibraltar. Sitter in 16 portraits. Identify
- Elizabeth Jeffries, Maid of honour to Charlotte Sophia of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. Sitter associated with 4 portraits. Identify
- Colonel Jekyll (active 1788), Colonel. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Lady Cecilia Johnston. Sitter associated with 10 portraits. Identify
- Sir James Johnstone, 4th Bt (1726-1794), Army officer and politician. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Louisa Mary Elizabeth (née Colclough), Lady Johnstone (died 1797), Former wife of Reverend John Meyrick, and later wife of Sir James Johnstone, 4th Bt. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- William Petty, 1st Marquess of Lansdowne (1737-1805), Prime Minister and patron of the arts. Sitter associated with 68 portraits. Identify
- David Murray, 2nd Earl of Mansfield (1727-1796), Diplomat and statesman. Sitter in 19 portraits. Identify
- Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville (1742-1811), Statesman. Sitter associated with 82 portraits. Identify
- Emma Edgcumbe (née Gilbert), Countess of Mount Edgcumbe (1729-1807), Wife of 1st Earl of Mount Edgcumbe. Sitter in 8 portraits. Identify
- Charles Howard, 11th Duke of Norfolk (1746-1815), Politician; MP for Carlise and Arundel. Sitter associated with 55 portraits. Identify
- Samuel Parr (1747-1825), Pedagogue and Whig pamphleteer. Sitter in 18 portraits. Identify
- William Pitt (1759-1806), Prime Minister. Sitter associated with 174 portraits. Identify
- William Henry Cavendish Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland (1738-1809), Prime Minister. Sitter associated with 32 portraits. Identify
- Margaret (née Burges), Countess Poulett (circa 1744-1838), Former wife of Sir John Smith-Burges, 1st Bt, and later second wife of 4th Earl Poulett. Sitter in 2 portraits. Identify
- John Poulett, 5th Earl Poulett (1783-1864). Sitter in 5 portraits.
- Henrietta Antonia Clive (née Herbert), Countess of Powis (1758-1830), Wife of Edward Clive, 1st Earl of Powis. Sitter in 3 portraits. Identify
- Charles Lennox, 3rd Duke of Richmond and Lennox (1735-1806), Field Marshal, ambassador to France and politician, Secretary of State for the Southern Department. Sitter in 28 portraits. Identify
- Mary Amelia Cecil (née Hill), Marchioness of Salisbury (1750-1835), Political hostess and sportswoman. Sitter in 8 portraits. Identify
- John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich (1718-1792), First Lord of the Admiralty. Sitter associated with 25 portraits. Identify
- Sir George Augustus William Shuckburgh-Evelyn, 6th Bt (1751-1804), Politician; MP for Warwickshire. Sitter associated with 9 portraits. Identify
- Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney (1733-1800), Statesman. Sitter in 14 portraits. Identify
- Edward Topham (1751-1820), Journalist and playwright. Sitter in 5 portraits. Identify
- Sarah Carpenter (née Hussey Delaval), Countess of Tyrconnel (1763-1800), Second wife of 5th Earl of Tyrconnel. Sitter associated with 2 portraits. Identify
- Richard Colley Wellesley, Marquess Wellesley (1760-1842), Politician and Governor-General of India; brother of Wellington. Sitter associated with 19 portraits. Identify
- John Wilkes (1725-1797), Journalist, agitator and politician; MP for Aylesbury and Middlesex. Sitter associated with 49 portraits, Artist or producer associated with 1 portrait. Identify
- Anne (née Cleeve), Lady Yonge (died 1833), Wife of Sir George Yonge, 5th Bt. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Sir George Yonge, 5th Bt (1731-1812), Governor of Cape of Good Hope. Sitter associated with 4 portraits. Identify
Subjects & Themesback to top
Events of 1788back to top
Current affairs
Parliament begins an investigation into the slave trade, led by reformers Thomas Clarkson and William Wilberforce.Regency Crisis; George III's madness is announced provoking a political storm.
Former Governor-General of Bengal Warren Hastings' trial begins before the House of Lords.
Henry Benedict Stuart becomes the new Stuart claimant to the British throne.
Art and science
Artist Thomas Gainsborough dies.First edition of The Times newspaper is published in London.
Scottish engineer and inventor William Symington demonstrates the first paddle steamer on Dalswinton Loch near Dumfries.
Robert Burns writes his version of the Scots poem Auld Lang Syne.
International
Ministers of the French King, Louis XVI, reluctantly announce that the Estates General will meet the following year, for the first time since 1614.United States constitution comes into force when New Hampshire becomes the ninth state to ratify it.
First Fleet reaches Australia, anchoring in Botany Bay. Arthur Phillip, selecting a suitable site for the first Australian penal colony, names the place Sydney Cove.
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ADRIAN GREEN
02 April 2018, 18:08
It seems unlikely that one of the sitters was the 5th Earl Poulett as you state that he was born in 1783 and therefore he would have been 5 years old and there doesn't appear to be any children in the image. It is more likely that it is his father the 4th Earl who, coincidentally, 28 years later married the sitter listed before him Lady Margaret Smith-Burges. who should properly be (nee Burges) rather than Burgess.