Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth
(1757-1844), Prime MinisterRegency Portraits Catalogue Entry
Sitter associated with 71 portraits
Addington was invited to be Prime Minister in 1801, when William Pitt resigned after the King refused to grant Catholic MPs the right to sit in Parliament. Known for his reactionary politics, Addington was opposed to the abolition of slavery and Catholic emancipation.
by Karl Anton Hickel
oil on canvas, 1793-1795
NPG 745
Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth
by Sir William Beechey
oil on canvas, engraved 1803
On display in Room 20 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 5774
The Trial of Queen Caroline 1820
by Sir George Hayter
oil on canvas, 1820-1823
On display in Room 17 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 999
Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth
by William Behnes
marble bust, 1831
NPG 3917
Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth
by George Richmond
watercolour, 1833
NPG 5
'Swearing to the cutting monster or- a scene in Bow Street'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 20 May 1790
NPG D13001
'The dagger scene; - or - the plot discover'd'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 30 December 1792
NPG D12467
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 13 February 1793
NPG D12470
'The giant factotem amusing himself'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 21 January 1797
NPG D12593
'Parliamentary-reform, - or - opposition-rats, leaving the house they had undermined'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 28 May 1797
NPG D12614
Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth
by Robert Dunkarton, published by and after John Singleton Copley
mezzotint, published July 1799
NPG D41678
'Lilliputian-substitutes, equiping for public service'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 28 May 1801
NPG D12763
'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
NPG D12781
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching and aquatint, published 8 April 1802
NPG D12788
'The nursery, with Britannia reposing in peace'
by and published by James Gillray
hand-coloured etching, published 4 December 1802
NPG D12795
Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth
by James Parker, published by John Boydell, and published by Josiah Boydell, after Sir William Beechey
line engraving, published 4 April 1803
NPG D41679
'A phantasmagoria; - scene - conjuring-up an armed-skeleton'
by and published by James Gillray
hand-coloured etching and aquatint, published 5 January 1803
NPG D12799
by and published by James Gillray
hand-coloured etching and aquatint, published 19 January 1803
NPG D12801
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 14 March 1803
NPG D12803
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 2 May 1803
NPG D12807
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