Warren Hastings
(1732-1818), Governor-General of IndiaMid-Georgian Portraits Catalogue Entry
Sitter associated with 46 portraits
Hastings was the first Governor-General of India (1772 -85). He transformed the East India Company from a trading organisation into a great military and naval power. He established full-scale British civil administration in India, but his methods led to a trial for corruption at which he was acquitted in 1795.
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by Sir Joshua Reynolds
oil on canvas, 1766-1768
On display in Room 14 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 4445
by Tilly Kettle
oil on canvas, circa 1772
NPG 81
by Sir Thomas Lawrence
pastel on vellum, 1786
NPG 3823
by Richard Cosway
watercolour and bodycolour on ivory, 1787
On display in the Room 14 miniature case at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 6286
by Thomas Banks
bronze bust, 1794, based on a work of 1790
On display on the Second Floor at Beningbrough Hall
NPG 209
by Lemuel Francis Abbott
oil on canvas, 1796
NPG 1845
by Peter Rouw
pink wax medallion, 1806
NPG 5065
by Sir Thomas Lawrence
oil on canvas, 1811
NPG 390
'Thunder, lightning and smoke'
published by William Moore, and published by W. Dickie
hand-coloured etching, published 22 April 1783
NPG D15004
after Johan Joseph Zoffany
line engraving, (1784)
NPG D35206
by John Jones, after John Thomas Seton (Seaton)
mezzotint, published 6 April 1785 (1784)
NPG D35564
by John Jones, after John Thomas Seton (Seaton)
mezzotint, published 1785 (1784)
NPG D2966
'The political-banditti assailing the saviour of India'
by James Gillray, published by William Holland
hand-coloured etching, published 11 May 1786
NPG D1360
'The impeachment' (Warren Hastings; Edmund Burke)
by James Sayers, published by Thomas Cornell
etching and aquatint, published 17 March 1786
NPG D9569
'A puerile attack upon an old servant'
by James Sayers, published by Thomas Cornell
etching and aquatint, published 17 March 1787
NPG D12244
by James Gillray, published by Samuel William Fores
hand-coloured etching, published 9 June 1787
NPG D12364
!['For the trial of Warren Ha[stings]' (includes Edmund Burke; Charles James Fox; Sir Philip Francis; Warren Hastings), by James Sayers - NPG D12246](https://collectionimages.npg.org.uk/std/mw60596/For-the-trial-of-Warren-Hastings-includes-Edmund-Burke-Charles-James-Fox-Sir-Philip-Francis-Warren-Hastings.jpg)
by James Sayers
etching, published February 1788
NPG D12246
'Blood on thunder fording the Red Sea' (Edward Thurlow, Baron Thurlow; Warren Hastings)
by James Gillray, published by Samuel William Fores
hand-coloured etching, published 1 March 1788
NPG D12374
by James Gillray, published by Samuel William Fores
hand-coloured etching, published 27 April 1788
NPG D12376
by James Gillray, published by Samuel William Fores
hand-coloured etching, published 2 May 1788
NPG D12377
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