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John Thelwall

(1764-1834), Reformer and elocutionist

Regency Portraits Catalogue Entry

Sitter in 12 portraits
The radical political writer and orator John Thelwall was largely self-educated. In 1792, he co-founded the London Corresponding Society, which campaigned for political reform and he was one of the members who were tried for treason and acquitted in 1794. He responded to the trial with the publication of The Natural and Constitutional Right of Britons to Annual Parliaments, Universal Suffrage, and the Freedom of Popular Association, 1795. After the society was outlawed in 1799, Thelwall became an elocution teacher.

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John Thelwall, attributed to John Hazlitt - NPG 2163

John Thelwall

attributed to John Hazlitt
oil on canvas, circa 1800-1805
On display in Room 12 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 2163

John Thelwall, by Henry James Richter - NPG D38540

John Thelwall

by Henry James Richter
stipple engraving, published 8 December 1794
NPG D38540

John Thelwall, by William Ridley - NPG D15640

John Thelwall

by William Ridley
stipple engraving, published circa 1794
NPG D15640

'Copenhagen house', by James Gillray, published by  Hannah Humphrey - NPG D12546

'Copenhagen house'

by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 16 November 1795
NPG D12546

'Promis'd horrors of the French invasion, - or - forcible reasons for negotiating a regicide peace', by James Gillray, published by  Hannah Humphrey - NPG D12579

'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
NPG D12579

'End of the Irish invasion; - or - the destruction of the French armada', by James Gillray, published by  Hannah Humphrey - NPG D12592

'End of the Irish invasion; - or - the destruction of the French armada'

by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching and aquatint, published 20 January 1797
NPG D12592

'The tree of liberty must be planted immediately!', by James Gillray, published by  Hannah Humphrey - NPG D12598

'The tree of liberty must be planted immediately!'

by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 16 February 1797
NPG D12598

'End of the Irish invasion; - or - the destruction of the French armada', by James Gillray, published by  Hannah Humphrey - NPG D15304

'End of the Irish invasion; - or - the destruction of the French armada'

by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
etching and aquatint, published 20 January 1797
NPG D15304

'The delegates in council or beggars on horseback', by Isaac Cruikshank, published by  Samuel William Fores - NPG D15627

'The delegates in council or beggars on horseback'

by Isaac Cruikshank, published by Samuel William Fores
hand-coloured etching, published 9 June 1797
NPG D15627

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