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George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney

(1737-1806), Diplomat and colonial governor

Mid-Georgian Portraits Catalogue Entry

Sitter in 9 portraits

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George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney; Sir George Leonard Staunton, 1st Bt, by Lemuel Francis Abbott - NPG 329

George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney; Sir George Leonard Staunton, 1st Bt

by Lemuel Francis Abbott
oil on canvas, circa 1785
NPG 329

George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney, after Unknown artist - NPG D5167

George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney

after Unknown artist
line engraving, published 1781
NPG D5167

George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney, by Henry Hudson, published by Hannah Humphrey, after Mather Brown - NPG D13744

George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney

by Henry Hudson, published by Hannah Humphrey, after Mather Brown
mezzotint, published 10 November 1790
NPG D13744

'The reception of the diplomatique and his suite, at the Court of Pekin', by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey - NPG D12463

'The reception of the diplomatique and his suite, at the Court of Pekin'

by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 14 September 1792
NPG D12463

George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney, by Joseph Singleton, published by John Sewell, after Ozias Humphry - NPG D13803

George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney

by Joseph Singleton, published by John Sewell, after Ozias Humphry
stipple engraving, published 25 June 1796
NPG D13803

George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney, by Gaetano Stefano Bartolozzi, published by T. Cadell & W. Davies, after Henry Edridge - NPG D13743

George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney

by Gaetano Stefano Bartolozzi, published by T. Cadell & W. Davies, after Henry Edridge
stipple and line engraving, published 14 January 1817
NPG D13743

George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney, by and published by Samuel William Reynolds, after Sir Joshua Reynolds - NPG D15344

George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney

by and published by Samuel William Reynolds, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
mezzotint, published 1823 (1764)
NPG D15344

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George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney

by Henry Hudson, published by Thomas Simpson, after Mather Brown
mezzotint, published 21 September 1790
NPG D19195

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George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney

by Luigi Schiavonetti, published by T. Cadell & W. Davies, after Henry Edward Doyle
stipple engraving, published 1 May 1807
NPG D15326

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