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Lord John Townshend

(1757-1833), Politician; Joint Paymaster of the Forces

Mid-Georgian Portraits Catalogue Entry

Sitter associated with 9 portraits

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Mr Fox and his Friends, by William Lane - NPG 2076

Mr Fox and his Friends

by William Lane
black crayon with red and white heightening on tinted paper, circa 1813
NPG 2076

'The butchers of freedom', by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey - NPG D12384

'The butchers of freedom'

by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching and aquatint, published July 1788
NPG D12384

'Bubbles of opposition', by James Gillray - NPG D12385

'Bubbles of opposition'

by James Gillray
hand-coloured etching and aquatint, published 19 July 1788
NPG D12385

'Mason, the Duke's confectioner, disposing of the trinkets', by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey - NPG D12386

'Mason, the Duke's confectioner, disposing of the trinkets'

by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching and aquatint, published 21 July 1788
NPG D12386

'Harry Jenkins, the masculine and feminine bellows mender', by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey - NPG D12388

'Harry Jenkins, the masculine and feminine bellows mender'

by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 29 July 1788
NPG D12388

'John Bull, in a quandary' (Lord John Townshend; Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood), by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey - NPG D12389

'John Bull, in a quandary' (Lord John Townshend; Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood)

by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 31 July 1788
NPG D12389

'The battle of Bow-Street', by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey - NPG D12998

'The battle of Bow-Street'

by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching and aquatint, published July 1788
NPG D12998

Lord John Townshend, by John Jones, after Sir Joshua Reynolds - NPG D13750

Lord John Townshend

by John Jones, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
mezzotint, published 1789
NPG D13750

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'The False Wife and The Persevering Lover' (Lord John Townshend)

published by Archibald Hamilton Jr
etching, published 1 August 1786
NPG D15112

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