Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool
(1770-1828), Prime MinisterRegency Portraits Catalogue Entry
Sitter associated with 59 portraits
A Tory statesman, Jenkinson was in office almost continuously for thirty years as Foreign Secretary under Addington (1801-3), was Home Secretary under Pitt (1804) and rose to be Prime Minister from 1812-27. Leading an unusually balanced Tory Cabinet, he steered his administration through the Napoleonic Wars and their turbulent aftermath in the 1820s when there was intense popular agitation in Britain.
by Anton Hickel
oil on canvas, 1793-1795
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Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool
by Sir Thomas Lawrence
oil on canvas, 1793-1796
On display in Room 18 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
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The Trial of Queen Caroline 1820
by Sir George Hayter
oil on canvas, 1820-1823
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by Sir George Hayter
pen and ink and wash, 1820
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Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool
by Sir George Hayter
pencil, pen and ink, October 1820
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Possibly Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool
by Sir George Hayter
pencil, ink and wash, 1820
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Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool
by Sir George Hayter
oil on panel, 1823
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Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool
by Sir Thomas Lawrence
oil on canvas, exhibited 1827
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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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Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool
by and published by John Young, after Sir Thomas Lawrence
mezzotint, published 14 February 1801 (1790s)
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'Lilliputian-substitutes, equiping for public service'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 28 May 1801
NPG D12763
'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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'Sketch of the interior of St Stephens, as it now stands'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 1 March 1802
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by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching and aquatint, published 8 April 1802
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'The nursery, with Britannia reposing in peace'
by and published by James Gillray
hand-coloured etching, published 4 December 1802
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'A phantasmagoria; - scene - conjuring-up an armed-skeleton'
by and published by James Gillray
hand-coloured etching and aquatint, published 5 January 1803
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by and published by James Gillray
hand-coloured etching and aquatint, published 19 January 1803
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by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 14 March 1803
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by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 2 May 1803
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by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 18 May 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
NPG D13106
'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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'Political mathematician's, shaking the Broad Bottom'd hemispheres'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching and engraving, published 9 January 1807
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by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 23 February 1807
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'Charon's boat - or - the ghost's of "All the Talents" taking their last voyage'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching and aquatint, published 16 July 1807
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'British tars, towing the Danish fleet into harbour'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 1 October 1807
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Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool
by Henry Meyer, published by Robert Cribb, after John Hoppner
mezzotint, published 14 April 1808
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'Delicious dreams! - Castles in the air! - Glorious prospects!'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 10 April 1808
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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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by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, engraving and aquatint, published 22 March 1808
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'Disciples catching the mantle: - the spirit of darkness overshadowing the priests of Baal'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 25 June 1808
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'An old English-gentleman pester'd by servants wanting places'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 16 May 1809
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Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool
by Henry Meyer, published by Robert Cribb, after John Hoppner
mezzotint, published 14 April 1815
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Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool
by Henry Meyer, published by Robert Cribb, after John Hoppner
mezzotint, published 14 April 1815
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The Broken Crown or, The Disasters of a Green-Bag Chief!!!
by (Isaac) Robert Cruikshank, published by Orlando Hodgson
hand-coloured etching and letterpress, circa November-December 1820
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All a Bottle of Smoke!! or John Bull and the Secret Committee
published by John Fairburn
hand-coloured etching, published July 1820
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by Unknown artist, published by Thomas Dolby
hand-coloured etching, published circa 1820
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Doctors, Bishops, Judges, Generals, and Statesmen at hard work on a Sitting Committee
by (Isaac) Robert Cruikshank, published by William Benbow
hand-coloured etching, circa 1820
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The Cauldron or Shakespeare Travestie 1820
published by John Fairburn
hand-coloured etching, published August 1820
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'Royal Gambols!! or the Old Oak in Danger'
published by John Fairburn
hand-coloured etching, published September 1820
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Steward's Court of the Manor of Torre Devon
attributed to Theodore Lane, published by George Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published December 1820
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Steward's Court of the Manor of Torre Devon
attributed to Theodore Lane, published by George Humphrey
etching, published December 1820
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The Time Piece! & Cunning Jack o' both sides
possibly by (Isaac) Robert Cruikshank, published by George Humphrey
etching, published June 1820
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'The Stool of Repentance; the Scorn of the World!!'
published by William Benbow
hand-coloured etching, published 10 January 1821
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'A Scene in the New Farce as performed at the Royalty Theatre!'
by George Cruikshank, published by George Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 14 February 1821
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by (Isaac) Robert Cruikshank, published by George Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published May 1821
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The Royal Extinguisher, or the King of Brobdingnag & the Lilliputians
by George Cruikshank, published by George Humphrey
etching, published 7 April 1821
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Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool
by Charles Turner, published by Colnaghi, Son & Co
mezzotint, published 1 February 1826
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Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool
by Charles Turner, after Sir Thomas Lawrence
mezzotint, published 1827
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Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool
by Charles Turner, after Sir Thomas Lawrence
mezzotint, published 1827
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A Touch of the Palpable Obscure
by John ('HB') Doyle, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 31 March 1830
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A Touch of the Palpable Obscure
by John ('HB') Doyle, published by Thomas McLean
hand-coloured lithograph, published 31 March 1830
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Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool
by John Henry Robinson, published by Harding & Lepard, after William Derby, after Sir Thomas Lawrence
stipple engraving, published 1 June 1834
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Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool
by John Richardson Jackson, published by Henry Graves & Co, after Sir Thomas Lawrence
mezzotint, published 1 July 1845
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Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool
by John Richardson Jackson, published by Henry Graves & Co, after Sir Thomas Lawrence
mezzotint, published 1 July 1845
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Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool
by William Thomas Fry, published by Fisher Son & Co, after Sir Thomas Lawrence
stipple engraving, published 1847
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Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool
by Henry Meyer, after John Hoppner
mezzotint, published 1808
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Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool
by Henry Meyer, published by Robert Cribb, after John Hoppner
mezzotint, published 14 April 1815
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