Edward Smith Stanley, 12th Earl of Derby
(1752-1834), Sportsman and patron of horse-racingSitter associated with 65 portraits
The Trial of Queen Caroline 1820
by Sir George Hayter
oil on canvas, 1820-1823
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by James Sayers, published by Thomas Cornell
etching, published 12 January 1784
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Edward Smith Stanley, 12th Earl of Derby
by George Keating, published by William Austin, after Thomas Gainsborough
mezzotint, published 20 May 1785
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by James Sayers, published by Thomas Cornell
etching, published 22 July 1785
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by James Sayers, published by Thomas Cornell
etching, published 22 July 1785
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by James Sayers, published by Thomas Cornell
etching, published 7 June 1785
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English Slavery; or, a Picture of the Times
probably by Frederick George Byron
etching, published 1788
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'Galante show' (Edmund Burke; Edward Smith Stanley, 12th Earl of Derby)
by James Sayers, published by Thomas Cornell
etching and aquatint, published 6 May 1788
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by James Sayers, published by Thomas Cornell
etching and aquatint, published 6 May 1788
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by James Sayers, published by Thomas Cornell
etching and aquatint, published 31 March 1788
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by James Gillray, published by Samuel William Fores
hand-coloured etching, published 2 May 1788
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'Galante show' (Edmund Burke; Edward Smith Stanley, 12th Earl of Derby)
by James Sayers, published by Thomas Cornell
etching and aquatint, published 6 May 1788
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by James Gillray, published by Samuel William Fores
hand-coloured etching, published 20 May 1788
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by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching and aquatint, published July 1788
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'The royal joke, - or - black jacks delight'
by James Gillray, published by Samuel William Fores
hand-coloured etching, published 25 April 1788
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by James Gillray, published by Samuel William Fores
hand-coloured etching, published 4 June 1788
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by James Sayers, published by Thomas Cornell
etching, published 27 January 1789
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by James Sayers, published by Thomas Cornell
etching and aquatint, published 18 February 1789
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'A peep behind the curtain at the Widow Belmour'
by James Sayers
etching, December 1790
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'The eruption of the mountain, - or - the horrors of the 'Bocca del Inferno'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching and aquatint, published 25 July 1794
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by and published by Robert Dighton
hand-coloured etching, published 6 November 1795
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'A recruit for opposition from the temple of British worthies'
by James Sayers, published by Hannah Humphrey
etching, published 14 April 1795
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by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching and aquatint, published 24 January 1795
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by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, engraving and aquatint, published 2 March 1795
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by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 21 November 1795
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by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, soft-ground etching and engraving, published 30 April 1795
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'Promis'd horrors of the French invasion, - or - forcible reasons for negotiating a regicide peace'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching and aquatint, published 20 October 1796
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'A peep at Christies; - or - tally-ho, and his Nimeny-pimmeney taking the morning lounge'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, engraving and aquatint, published 24 September 1796
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'The tree of liberty must be planted immediately!'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 16 February 1797
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'Contemplations upon a coronet'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching and aquatint, published 20 March 1797
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'The marriage of Cupid and Psyche'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching and aquatint, published 3 May 1797
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by Isaac Cruikshank, published by Samuel William Fores
hand-coloured etching, published 20 May 1797
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Edward Smith Stanley, 12th Earl of Derby
by George Keating, published by John Peter Thompson, after Thomas Gainsborough
mezzotint, published 1 August 1797
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'Les membres du Conseil des Cinq Cents'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 18 April 1798
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'Pigs meat; - or - the swine flogg'd out of the farm yard'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 22 June 1798
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'Doublûres of characters; - or - striking resemblances in phisiognomy'
by James Gillray, published by John Wright
hand-coloured aquatint and soft-ground etching, published 1 November 1798
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'Meeting of the monied interest'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching and aquatint, published 13 December 1798
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by James Gillray, published by John Wright
etching, published 1 August 1798
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by James Gillray, published by John Wright
hand-coloured etching, published 1 August 1798
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by Thomas Rowlandson, published by James Whittle
hand-coloured etching, published 1 February 1799
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'Exhibition of a democratic-transparency, - with its effect upon patriotic feelings'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching and aquatint, published 15 April 1799
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by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 21 January 1801
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'Preliminaries of peace! - or - John Bull, and his little friends "marching to Paris"'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 6 October 1801
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'Political dreamings! - Visions of peace! - Perspective horrors!'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 9 November 1801
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'Dilettanti-theatricals: - or - a peep at the green room'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured soft-ground etching, published 18 February 1803
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storming Heaven; - with, the gods alarmed for their everlasting-abodes'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, engraving and aquatint, published 1 May 1804
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'L'assemblée nationale: - or - grand cooperation meeting at St Ann's Hill'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 18 June 1804
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by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching and aquatint, published 7 August 1804
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by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching and aquatint, published 7 January 1805
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by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching and aquatint, published 22 April 1805
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'End of the Irish farce of Catholic Emancipation'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching and aquatint, published 17 May 1805
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by Charles Williams, published by Samuel William Fores
hand-coloured etching, published March 1806
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'Tiddy-doll, the great French-gingerbread-baker; drawing out a new batch of kings'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 23 January 1806
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by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 5 March 1806
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'Bruin in his boat, - or - the manager in distress'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 20 June 1806
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by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching and aquatint, published 28 July 1806
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by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 9 May 1806
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'The pigs possessed: - or - the Broad Bottom'd litter running headlong into ye sea of perdition'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 18 April 1807
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'Broad-bottom drones storming the hive - wasps, hornets & bumble bees, joining in the attack'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 2 May 1808
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'The apples and the horse-turds; - or - Buonaparte among the golden pippins'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 24 February 1808
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Related People
- John Burgoyne (uncle)
- Edward Stanley, 11th Earl of Derby (grandfather)
- Elizabeth Stanley (née Hamilton), Countess of Derby (wife)
- Elizabeth (née Farren), Countess of Derby (wife)
- Edward Smith Stanley, 13th Earl of Derby (son)
- Edward Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby (grandson)
- Lady Louisa Emily Long (née Stanley) (granddaughter)
- Lady Charlotte-Elizabeth Penryhn (née Stanley) (granddaughter)
- Hon. Henry Thomas Stanley (grandson)
- Lucy Stanley (née Smith) (mother)
- James Smith Stanley, Lord Strange (father)
- Mary Margaret Egerton (née Stanley), Countess of Wilton (daughter)
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