Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Chandos
(1776-1839), Statesman and print collectorSitter associated with 41 portraits
Buckingham was elected Member of Parliament for Buckinghamshire in 1797 and served until 1813. He owned three plantations in Jamaica, the largest one was worked by 379 enslaved Africans. In 1804 he opposed William Wilberforce's bill for the abolition of the slave trade fearing the safety of white plantation owners in the West Indies. During his political career Buckingham also collected prints of which thirty-nine are in the National Portrait Gallery.
'The funeral procession of Broad-bottom'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 6 April 1807
NPG D13114
'Broad-bottom drones storming the hive - wasps, hornets & bumble bees, joining in the attack'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 2 May 1808
NPG D12906
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching and aquatint, published 19 May 1808
NPG D12909
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, engraving and aquatint, published 22 March 1808
NPG D13115
'Overthrow of the Republican-Babel'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 1 May 1809
NPG D12921
'An old English-gentleman pester'd by servants wanting places'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 16 May 1809
NPG D12922
'The introduction of the Pope to the convocation at Oxford, by the Cardinal Broad-Bottom'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 1 December 1809
NPG D12933
'Tentanda via est qua me quoque possim tollere humo'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, engraving and aquatint, published 8 August 1810
NPG D13118
'A view of a temple near Buckingham'
by and published by Robert Dighton
hand-coloured etching, published July 1811
NPG D6979
'A view of a temple near Buckingham'
by and published by Robert Dighton
hand-coloured etching, published July 1811
NPG D13296
'A view of a temple near Buckingham'
by and published by Robert Dighton
hand-coloured etching, published July 1811
NPG D13478
'A view of a temple near Buckingham'
by and published by Robert Dighton
hand-coloured etching, published July 1811
NPG D13479
'A view of a temple near Buckingham'
by and published by Robert Dighton
hand-coloured etching, published July 1811
NPG D15484
Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Chandos
by Robert Cooper, after George Sanders (Saunders)
stipple engraving, 1815
NPG D32298
by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Charles Etienne Pierre Motte, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 28 September 1831
NPG D41092
by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Alfred Ducôte, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 23 April 1832
NPG D41127
by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Alfred Ducôte, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 30 May 1832
NPG D41138
Political Gladiators or a Collision Between Two Great Bodies
by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Alfred Ducôte, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 16 August 1833
NPG D41218
by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Alfred Ducôte, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 25 July 1834
NPG D41269
by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Ducôte & Stephens, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 16 March 1835
NPG D41313
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