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Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey

(1764-1845), Prime Minister

Early Victorian Portraits Catalogue Entry

Sitter associated with 190 portraits
Grey was the leader of the Whigs from 1806 to 1834. He led the party through the triumph of the Reform Act (1832) which extended the vote to the middle classes and gave representation to Britain's growing industrial towns. A follower of Fox, Grey had argued for constitutional reform since entering Parliament in 1786. He was an ardent supporter of Catholic emancipation and presided over the act to abolish slavery in all British-controlled territories (1833).

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Changed at Nurse, by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by  Alfred Ducôte, published by  Thomas McLean - NPG D41188

Changed at Nurse

by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Alfred Ducôte, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 4 April 1833
NPG D41188

Sir Joddrill and the Grim Grey Woman (King William IV; Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey), by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by  Alfred Ducôte, published by  Thomas McLean - NPG D41190

Sir Joddrill and the Grim Grey Woman (King William IV; Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey)

by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Alfred Ducôte, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 20 April 1833
NPG D41190

The Grim Grey Woman - No. 2, by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by  Alfred Ducôte, published by  Thomas McLean - NPG D41191

The Grim Grey Woman - No. 2

by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Alfred Ducôte, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 25 April 1833
NPG D41191

A Cabinet Council, by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by  Alfred Ducôte, published by  Thomas McLean - NPG D41199

A Cabinet Council

by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Alfred Ducôte, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 29 May 1833
NPG D41199

Sleeping Partners in a Doubtful Concern, by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by  Alfred Ducôte, published by  Thomas McLean - NPG D41203

Sleeping Partners in a Doubtful Concern

by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Alfred Ducôte, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 13 June 1833
NPG D41203

The Executive Capacity of the Crown and the Legislative, by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by  Alfred Ducôte, published by  Thomas McLean - NPG D41212

The Executive Capacity of the Crown and the Legislative

by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Alfred Ducôte, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 24 July 1833
NPG D41212

The Modern Antaeus, by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by  Alfred Ducôte, published by  Thomas McLean - NPG D41213

The Modern Antaeus

by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Alfred Ducôte, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 31 July 1833
NPG D41213

Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, by William James Ward, after  John Jackson - NPG D2527

Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey

by William James Ward, after John Jackson
mezzotint, published 1833
NPG D2527

Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, by William Say, published by  Rudolph Ackermann Jr, after  Frederick Richard Say - NPG D11356

Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey

by William Say, published by Rudolph Ackermann Jr, after Frederick Richard Say
mezzotint heightened with white bodycolour, published 1833
NPG D11356

A Great Actor Between Tragedy and Comedy, by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by  Alfred Ducôte, published by  Thomas McLean - NPG D41235

A Great Actor Between Tragedy and Comedy

by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Alfred Ducôte, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 10 February 1834
NPG D41235

A Recent Scene in Downing Street (Thomas Law Hodges; Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey; Martin), by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by  Alfred Ducôte, published by  Thomas McLean - NPG D41244

A Recent Scene in Downing Street (Thomas Law Hodges; Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey; Martin)

by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Alfred Ducôte, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 20 March 1834
NPG D41244

Mackerel!, by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by  Alfred Ducôte, published by  Thomas McLean - NPG D41246

Mackerel!

by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Alfred Ducôte, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 8 April 1834
NPG D41246

A Poney [Pony] Race for a Saddle (a Seat) at Cambridge, by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by  Alfred Ducôte, published by  Thomas McLean - NPG D41261

A Poney [Pony] Race for a Saddle (a Seat) at Cambridge

by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Alfred Ducôte, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 18 June 1834
NPG D41261

The Thimble Rig, by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by  Alfred Ducôte, published by  Thomas McLean - NPG D41264

The Thimble Rig

by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Alfred Ducôte, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 10 July 1834
NPG D41264

Dispersion of the Thimble-Rig, by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by  Alfred Ducôte, published by  Thomas McLean - NPG D41265

Dispersion of the Thimble-Rig

by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Alfred Ducôte, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 14 July 1834
NPG D41265

Blind-Man's-Buff, by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by  Alfred Ducôte, published by  Thomas McLean - NPG D41267

Blind-Man's-Buff

by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Alfred Ducôte, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 22 July 1834
NPG D41267

Gratitude (Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey; Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux), by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by  Alfred Ducôte, published by  Thomas McLean - NPG D41268

Gratitude (Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey; Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux)

by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Alfred Ducôte, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 25 July 1834
NPG D41268

Political Manner of Bowing a Friend Out, by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by  Alfred Ducôte, published by  Thomas McLean - NPG D41271

Political Manner of Bowing a Friend Out

by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Alfred Ducôte, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 4 August 1834
NPG D41271

Actaeon, by John ('HB') Doyle, published by  Thomas McLean - NPG D41274

Actaeon

by John ('HB') Doyle, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 1 September 1834
NPG D41274

Coalition, by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by  Ducôte & Stephens, published by  Thomas McLean - NPG D41301

Coalition

by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Ducôte & Stephens, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 19 January 1835
NPG D41301

Cast Off Machiners Selling by Auction, by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by  Ducôte & Stephens, published by  Thomas McLean - NPG D41306

Cast Off Machiners Selling by Auction

by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Ducôte & Stephens, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 12 February 1835
NPG D41306

The Reform Bill Receiving the King's Assent by Royal Commission, 7 June 1832, by William Walker, by  Samuel William Reynolds Jr, after  Samuel William Reynolds - NPG D10714

The Reform Bill Receiving the King's Assent by Royal Commission, 7 June 1832

by William Walker, by Samuel William Reynolds Jr, after Samuel William Reynolds
mezzotint, published 1836
NPG D10714

Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey ('Shall I Resign?'), by George Raphael Ward, printed by  Dixon & Ross, published by  Sir Francis Graham Moon, 1st Bt, after  Benjamin Robert Haydon - NPG D34956

Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey ('Shall I Resign?')

by George Raphael Ward, printed by Dixon & Ross, published by Sir Francis Graham Moon, 1st Bt, after Benjamin Robert Haydon
mezzotint, published 1 February 1836
NPG D34956

Nursery Rhymes No. 2 (Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux; Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey), by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by  Alfred Ducôte, published by  Thomas McLean - NPG D41394

Nursery Rhymes No. 2 (Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux; Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey)

by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Alfred Ducôte, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 24 December 1836
NPG D41394

New Game of Snap-Apple, by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by  Alfred Ducôte, published by  Thomas McLean - NPG D41580

New Game of Snap-Apple

by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Alfred Ducôte, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 1 July 1840
NPG D41580

Steering between Scylla and Charybdis, by John ('HB') Doyle, published by  Thomas McLean, printed by  General Lithographic Establishment - NPG D41618

Steering between Scylla and Charybdis

by John ('HB') Doyle, published by Thomas McLean, printed by General Lithographic Establishment
lithograph, published 19 May 1841
NPG D41618

Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, by William Say, published by  Ackermann & Co, after  Frederick Richard Say - NPG D34954

Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey

by William Say, published by Ackermann & Co, after Frederick Richard Say
mezzotint, published 5 October 1843
NPG D34954

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Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey

by William Say, published by Ackermann & Co, after Frederick Richard Say
mezzotint, published 1833
NPG D49804

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